Value Negative particle

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Negative morpheme types

Examples

  1. Nomo gata lif, thislot botel tri.
    Nomo
    neg
    gata
    com
    lif,
    leaf
    this-lot
    prox-pl
    botel
    bottle
    tri.
    tree
    They don’t have leaves, these bottle trees!
  2. Yubala go gedim main daga. Nomo wori bla ola pipul.
    Yubala
    2pl
    go
    go
    ged-im
    get-tr
    main
    1sg.poss
    daga.
    tucker
    Nomo
    neg
    wori
    worry
    bla
    dat/poss
    ola
    pl
    pipul.
    people
    You lot go and get my food. Don’t worry about the people.

    See Bennett 1986: 1

  3. Hi nomo faindim broken leg, nathing, bon bin kam [...] beta, hilap.
    Hi
    3sg
    nomo
    neg
    faind-im
    find-tr
    broken
    broken
    leg,
    leg
    nathing,
    nothing
    bon
    bone
    bin
    pst
    kam
    come
    [...]
    [...]
    beta,
    better
    hil-ap.
    heal-up
    He didn’t find a broken leg any more, the bone had gotten better, it had healed. (Doctor in later consultation of a patient with a broken leg.)
  4. Im no bin ladim enibodi tatjim dat faiya bla im en imin oldei nesimbat tu dat faiya.
    Im
    3sg
    no
    neg
    bin
    pst
    lad-im
    let-tr
    enibodi
    anybody
    tatj-im
    touch-tr
    dat
    dem
    faiya
    fire
    bla
    dat/poss
    im
    3sg
    en
    and
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    oldei
    always
    nes-im-bat
    nurse-tr-prog
    tu
    too
    dat
    dem
    faiya.
    fire
    He wouldn't let anybody touch his fire. He always kept it with him.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61

  5. Wi yusdu habim kid la bush, ani wi neva habim [...] melk, wi yusdu go bek bo olden taim.
    Wi
    1pl
    yusdu
    hab
    hab-im
    have-tr
    kid
    child
    la
    loc
    bush,
    bush
    ani
    but
    wi
    1pl
    neva
    neg2
    hab-im
    have-tr
    [...]
    [...]
    melk,
    milk
    wi
    1pl
    yusdu
    hab
    go
    go
    bek
    back
    bo
    purp
    olden
    old
    taim.
    time
    We used to have children in the bush, but [sometimes] we didn't have milk, we used to go back to the old timer [treatment].
  6. Nobodi neva putimbat mai haus.
    Nobodi
    nobody
    neva
    neg2
    put-im-bat
    put-tr-prog
    mai
    1sg.poss
    haus.
    house
    Nobody ever builds my house.
  7. Yu nomo gotim ninarlnguj, thet the Nangarla gotim, C.
    Yu
    2sg
    nomo
    neg
    got-im
    have-tr
    ninarlnguj,
    lower.leg
    thet
    dem
    the
    eq.cop
    Nangarla
    Nangarla
    got-im,
    have-tr
    C.
    C.
    You don't have (the word) ninarlnguj (written down), it's Nangarla who has it, C. (referring to another linguist)
  8. Jed olgamen bin luk ebriweya bat im nomo bin faindim olabat.
    Jed
    dem
    olgamen
    woman
    bin
    pst
    luk
    look
    ebriweya
    everywhere
    bat
    but
    im
    3sg
    nomo
    neg
    bin
    pst
    faind-im
    find-tr
    olabat.
    3pl
    The woman looked everywhere but couldn’t find them.

    See Bennett 1986: 5