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Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Parameter:
The prohibitive
References
Cardoso 2009
Examples
ãt də mata buf
nã vẽd
pɛl.
ãt
before
də
of
mat-a
kill-
inf
buf
buffalo
nã
neg
vẽd
sell.
npst
pɛl.
skin
Do not sell the skin before killing the buffalo.
See
Cardoso 2009
: 189
Use vẽd kar may
nã
vẽd pɛl.
Use
2
vẽd
sell.
npst
kar
meat
may
but
nã
neg
vẽd
sell.
npst
pɛl.
skin
You sell the meat but you don't sell the skin.
Vẽd
pɛl!
Vẽd
sell.
npst
pɛl!
skin
Sell the skin!
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