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Value Negative particle
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Negative morpheme types
Examples
Iin di nait,
nou
kyier wat taim dei ded [...].
Iin
in
di
art
.
def
nait,
night
nou
neg
kyier
care
wat
what
taim
time
dei
3pl
ded
die
[...].
[...]
In the night, it doesn’t matter at what time they die [...].
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Wi
neva
tek a kapi af da wan dat wi gi yu.
Wi
1pl
neva
neg
.
pst
tek
take
a
art
.
indf
kapi
copy
af
of
da
dem
wan
one
dat
rel
wi
1pl
gi
give
yu.
2sg
We did not take a copy of the one we gave you.
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So di ting iz
nat
gud, nat gud ataal.
So
so
di
art
.
def
ting
thing
iz
cop
.
prs
nat
neg
gud,
good
nat
neg
gud
good
at-aal.
at-all
So the thing isn’t good, not good at all.
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Wen Ai woz boi, Ai neva drink rom.
Wen
when
Ai
1sg
woz
cop
.
pst
boi,
boy
Ai
1sg
neva
neg
.
pst
drink
drink
rom.
rum
When I was a boy, I never drank rum.
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nd
Ai doun waahn dem tu nou.
Ai
1sg
doun
neg
waahn
want
dem
3pl
tu
to
nou.
know
I don’t want them to know.
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