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Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
The prohibitive
Examples
Ko
hopo
mi
tja
go
a liba!
Ko
come
hopo
pull
mi
1sg
tja
carry
go
go
a
loc
liba!
top
Pull me up!
Déé soldáti
náá
féti.
Déé
def
.
pl
soldáti
soldier
náá
neg
féti.
fight
The soldiers did NOT fight.
See
Veenstra 1996
: 22
Naa
go!
Naa
neg
go!
go
Don't go!
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