Value Normal imperative construction and special negator

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
The prohibitive

Examples

  1. 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)
  2. Don idim na!
    Don
    neg.imp
    id-im
    eat-tr
    na!
    now
    Don't eat it!
  3. Don go gota but!
    Don
    neg.imp
    go
    go
    gota
    com
    but!
    boot
    Don't go with boots (on)!
  4. 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