Value Reduced TAM marking in negated clauses

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
References
Hudson 1985: 29

Examples

  1. Ai nomo bin jabi yu bin go, Nangari.
    Ai
    1sg
    nomo
    neg
    bin
    pst
    jabi
    know
    yu
    2sg
    bin
    pst
    go,
    go
    Nangari.
    Nangari
    I didn’t know that you went away, Nangari.
  2. Olabat nomo sabi slip.
    Olabat
    3pl
    nomo
    neg
    sabi
    know
    slip.
    sleep
    They don't [know how to] sleep. (Referring to young people who are making noise in the night)
  3. Thed kainoba song na, wi neba bin askimbat alabat, dem olpipul.
    Thed
    dem
    kainoba
    kind.of.a
    song
    song
    na,
    now/foc
    wi
    1pl
    neba
    neg2
    bin
    pst
    ask-im-bat
    ask-tr-prog
    alabat,
    3pl
    dem
    dem.pl
    olpipul.
    old.people
    That kind of song, we never asked the old people about. OR: It [was] that kind of song [that] we never asked them [for], those old people, (Orig. Transl.)

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  4. 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].
  5. 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

  6. 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