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Value Same TAM marking in negated clauses
Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
References
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 20, 55
Examples
Mi na ding, di watu da sa wēs frāi.
Mi
1sg
na
neg
ding,
think
di
det
watu
water
da
there
sa
will
wēs
be
frāi.
good
I don't think that the water there will be good.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 55
Tumés sini na sa stop kurí fo twē jā.
Tumés
maybe
sini
3pl
na
neg
sa
will
stop
stop
kurí
run
fo
for
twē
two
jā.
year
Maybe they will not stop running for two years.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 20
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