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Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
The prohibitive
Examples
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)
"Holum taid!" im reken jad lilboi la im drim
"Hol-um
hold-
tr
taid!"
tight
im
3sg
reken
think/say
jad
dem
lilboi
little.boy
la
loc
im
3sg
drim
dream
"Hold it tight" he said/thought, the little boy in his dream
See
Galmurr and Willika 1996
Nomo
yu kolimbat tru, olmen!
Nomo
neg
yu
2sg
kol-im-bat
call-
tr
-
prog
tru,
true
olmen!
older.man
Don't you claim this is true, old man!
Libim! [...] nomo yu jeisim, yu libim, wot fo yu jeisim.
Lib-im!
leave-
tr
[...]
[...]
nomo
neg
yu
2sg
jeis-im,
chase-
tr
yu
2sg
lib-im,
leave-
tr
wot
what
fo
for
yu
2sg
jeis-im.
chase-
tr
Leave it alone! Don't chase it! Leave it, why do you chase it?
Nomo beltimbat! Yu jas tekim thatsol!
Nomo
neg
belt-im-bat!
belt-
tr
-
prog
Yu
2sg
jas
just
tek-im
take-
tr
thatsol!
that's.all
Don't hit him! Just take him (away)!
Ei, olmen, yu weit na! Yu gada gibit la melabat du sambala shuga. Melabat wandi shuga du.
Ei,
ey
olmen,
old.man
yu
2sg
weit
wait
na!
now
Yu
2sg
gada
fut
/
oblig
gib-it
give-
tr
la
loc
melabat
1pl
.
excl
du
too
sam-bala
some-
adj2
shuga.
sugar
Melabat
1pl
.
excl
wandi
want
shuga
sugar
du.
too
Hey, old man, wait now! You've got to give us some sugar too. We want sugar too.
See
Angelo et al. 1998
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