Value Before the verb

Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Winford 2002

Examples

  1. Efu yu no wroko, dan you no o nyan, tog.
    Efu
    if
    yu
    you
    no
    neg
    wroko,
    work
    dan
    then
    you
    you
    no
    neg
    o
    fut
    nyan,
    eat
    tog.
    tag
    If you don’t work, then you won’t eat, right?

    See Winford 2002: 412

  2. Mi no feni en, mi no feni a fopper.
    Mi
    1sg
    no
    neg
    feni
    find
    en,
    3sg
    mi
    1sg
    no
    neg
    feni
    find
    a
    det
    fopper.
    pacifier
    I haven’t found it, I haven’t found the pacifier.

    See Winford 2000: 75