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Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Parameter:
The prohibitive
References
Bartens 2003
: 114
Examples
No plie
so rof!
No
neg
plie
play
so
so
rof!
rough
Don’t play so rough! (to one addressee)
See
Bartens 2003
: 115
Kom
ya!
Kom
come
ya!
here
Come here!
Nonbady
no
waahn daans wid Taiga.
Non-bady
no-body
no
neg
waahn
want
daans
dance
wid
com
Taiga.
Tiger
Nobody wanted to dance with Tiger.
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