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Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
The prohibitive
Examples
Em i no wokabaut.
Em
3sg
i
pm
no
neg
wokabaut.
walk
He is not walking.
Yu kam long fran na mipela go lo baksait.
Yu
2sg
kam
come
long
prep
fran
front
na
and
mipela
1pl
.
excl
go
go
lo
prep
baksait.
back
Come to the front and we'll go to the back.
See
nd
Yu no wokabaut.
Yu
2sg
no
neg
wokabaut.
walk
Don't walk.
See
Verhaar 1995
: 330
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