Value Negative auxiliary verb

Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
Negative morpheme types

Examples

  1. Aint you know say comin back rebel time?
    Aint
    neg.aux
    you
    2sg.sbj
    know
    know
    say
    comp
    comin
    coming
    back
    back
    rebel
    slavery
    time?
    time
    Don’t you know that slavery is coming back?

    See Turner [1949] 2002: 264

  2. I ain gine worry a soul.
    I
    1sg.sbj
    ain
    neg.aux
    gine
    going
    worry
    worry
    a
    a
    soul.
    soul
    I am not going to worry a soul.

    See Turner [1949] 2002: 262

  3. I ain min bout de body.
    I
    1sg.sbj
    ain
    neg.aux
    min
    mind
    bout
    about
    de
    the
    body.
    body
    I do not mind about the body.

    See Turner [1949] 2002: 262