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Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
The prohibitive
Examples
I start eating, so - I tell her,
Don't
eat none, you know. Yeah. She was pregnant.
[...]
[...]
I
1sg
.
sbj
tell
tell
her,
3sg
.
obj
Don't
neg
eat
eat[
imp
]
none
none
[...].
[...]
[I started to eat (the fish), so] I told her, Don’t eat any of it [...].
Gulfrey,
come
open
the window!
Gulfrey,
Gulfrey
come
come[
imp
]
open
open[
imp
]
the
art
window!
window
Gulfrey, [come here and] open the window!
I say, This may be poison, I
don't
know.
[...]
[...]
I
1sg
.
sbj
don't
neg
know.
know
[...] [This may be poisoned,] I don't know.
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