Value Before the verb

Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Veenstra 1996: 22

Examples

  1. M' é gó.
    M'=é
    1sg=neg
    gó.
    go
    I didn't go.
  2. Déé soldáti náá féti.
    Déé
    def.pl
    soldáti
    soldier
    náá
    neg
    féti.
    fight
    The soldiers did NOT fight.

    See Veenstra 1996: 22