Value Negative auxiliary verb

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Negative morpheme types

Examples

  1. Jad sineik din rili laikim jad lilboi.
    Jad
    dem
    sineik
    snake
    din
    pst.neg
    rili
    really
    laik-im
    like-tr
    jad
    dem
    lilboi.
    little.boy
    The snake didn't really like the little boy (but rather wanted to eat him).

    See Brennan 1993: 18

  2. Yu kan getim langa thet lili rut.
    Yu
    2sg
    kan
    can.neg
    get-im
    get-tr
    langa
    loc
    thet
    dem
    lili
    lily
    rut.
    root
    You can't get [fish when fishing] amidst the lily roots.
  3. Hi don wantim olabat habem, pirdi deinjes.
    Hi
    3sg
    don
    neg
    want-im
    want-tr
    olabat
    3pl
    hab-em,
    have-tr
    pirdi
    pretty
    deinjes.
    dangerous
    He doesn't want them (the children) to have them, [they are] pretty dangerous. (Talking about sling shots.)
  4. I kan ranawei.
    I
    3sg
    kan
    can.neg
    ran-awei.
    run-away
    It cannot run away. (Referring to a goanna, a large reptile hunted as food.)
  5. Bat au fatha bin telim "na yu kan teikimbek this tu kid".
    Bat
    but
    au
    1pl.poss
    fatha
    father
    bin
    pst
    tel-im
    tell-tr
    "na
    no
    yu
    2sg
    kan
    can.neg
    teik-im-bek
    take-tr-back
    this
    prox
    tu
    two
    kid".
    child
    But our father told him "no you can't take back these two kids".