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Value Before the verb
Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Veenstra 1996
: 22
Examples
M'
é
gó.
M'=é
1sg
=
neg
gó.
go
I didn't go.
Déé soldáti
náá
féti.
Déé
def
.
pl
soldáti
soldier
náá
neg
féti.
fight
The soldiers did NOT fight.
See
Veenstra 1996
: 22
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