Value Before the verb

Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Velupillai 2003: 54, 23, 177

Examples

  1. aɪ dono waɪ dɛ nɛva puɾ ɔm in a miɾol
    aɪ
    1sg
    dono
    neg.know
    waɪ
    why
    dɛ
    3pl
    nɛva
    neg.pst
    puɾ
    put
    ɔm
    3sg
    in
    in
    a
    def
    miɾol
    middle
    I don't know why they didn't put it in the middle.

    See Velupillai 2003: 54

  2. ðat no saʊn ɹaɪt tu mi
    ðat
    dem
    no
    neg
    saʊn
    sound
    ɹaɪt
    right
    tu
    to
    mi
    1sg.obl
    That doesn't sound right to me.

    See Velupillai 2003: 23

  3. a tiŋ B. no gon bi gud
    a
    1sg
    tiŋ
    think
    B.
    B.
    no
    neg
    gon
    fut
    bi
    be
    gud
    good
    I think that B. isn't going to be (any) good. OR: I don't think that B. is going to be (any) good.

    See Velupillai 2003: 177