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Value Special imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
The prohibitive
References
Lang et al. 2012
Examples
Si
nhu ka kre
nxina-m ramédi,
ka nhu nxina
[...].
Si=nhu=ka=kre
if=
2sg
.
m
.
pol
=
neg
=want
nxina=m
show=
1sg
ramédi,
remedy
ka
neg
nhu=nxina
2sg
.
m
.
pol
=show
[...].
[...]
If you don’t want to show me a remedy, well, simply don’t show me [...].
German:
Wenn Sie mir kein Heilmittel zeigen wollen, dann zeigen Sie mir eben keines [...].
See
da Silva 1987
: 33
Bu ben. / Bu ka ben.
Bu=ben.
2sg
=come
/
Bu=ka=ben.
2sg
=
neg
=come
You came. / You didn't come.
See
Lang et al. 2012
Ka bu bati kel kamisa la djuntu ku otu ropa, pamô e ta lárga.
Ka=bu=bati
neg
=
2sg
=wash
kel=kamisa
dem
.
sg
=shirt
la
there
djuntu
together
ku=otu
with=other
ropa,
cloth
pamô
because
e=ta=lárga.
3sg
=
ipfv
=run.out
Don't wash that shirt together with the other clothes because the dye comes off.
German:
Wasch dieses Hemd dort nicht zusammen mit anderen Kleidern, denn es färbt/läuft aus.
See
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. lárga
Ben!/ Ka bu ben!
Ben!/
come
Ka
neg
bu=ben!
you=come
Come!/ Don't come!
See
Lang et al. 2012
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