Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
The prohibitive

Examples

  1. 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)
  2. "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

  3. 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!
  4. 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?
  5. 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)!
  6. 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