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Value Immediately after the verb
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Baptista 2002
: 116-119
Examples
Rui ê
ka
nos amigu so aparenti, el ê nos amigu dimedivéra.
Rui
Rui
ê
be
ka
neg
nos=amigu
our=friend
so
only
aparenti,
seemingly
el
3sg
ê
be
nos=amigu
our=friend
dimedivéra.
really
Rui not only seems to be our friend, he really is our friend.
See
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. aparenti
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