Value Before the verb

Language:
Gullah
Parameter:
Position of standard negation

Examples

  1. 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

  2. Me na gwine gone.
    Me
    1sg.sbj
    na
    neg
    gwine
    going
    gone.
    go
    I am not going to go.

    See Turner [1949] 2002: 260

  3. 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