Value Before the verb

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Position of standard negation

Examples

  1. Dubala bin nomo laigim bolorrimap langa mibala.
    Dubala
    3du
    bin
    pst
    nomo
    neg
    laig-im
    like-tr
    bolor-im-ap
    follow-tr-up
    langa
    loc
    mibala.
    1pl
    The two didn't want to follow us.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 63

  2. 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

  3. Yu nomo washim bla mi kloth.
    Yu
    2sg
    nomo
    neg
    wash-im
    wash-tr
    bla
    dat/poss
    mi
    1sg
    kloth.
    clothes
    You never wash my clothes for me. (uttered as a complaint)
  4. Nekstaim yu nomo wani go stilimbat.
    Nekstaim
    next.time
    yu
    2sg
    nomo
    neg
    wani
    pot
    go
    go
    stil-im-bat.
    steal-tr-prog
    Don't go stealing again. OR: Next time you shouldn't be stealing.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 65

  5. Nomo yumob gada bulurrum mi hanting!
    Nomo
    neg
    yumob
    2pl
    gada
    fut/oblig
    bulurr-um
    follow-tr
    mi
    1sg
    hanting!
    hunting
    Never again will you lot follow me hunting! OR: You won't ever come hunting with me!

    See Hodgson 1998: 196

  6. Na, ai nomo wanda gu la Top Kemp.
    Na,
    no
    ai
    1sg
    nomo
    neg
    wanda
    want
    gu
    go
    la
    loc
    Top
    Top
    Kemp.
    Camp
    No, I don't want to go to the Top Camp.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  7. Gardiya pein, im nomo laikim blekbala pein.
    Gardiya
    white.person
    pein,
    paint
    im
    3sg
    nomo
    neg
    laik-im
    like-tr
    blekbala
    Aboriginal.person
    pein.
    paint
    White people’s paint, she doesn’t like Aboriginal people’s paint. (Talking about decorating artefacts).