Value Before the verb

Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Smith 1974-5

Examples

  1. isti ooy interumeenti nikaraparsa. isti un coʈʈu taparsa
    isti
    this
    ooy
    eye
    interumeenti
    completely
    nikara-parsa.
    neg.hab-see
    isti
    this
    un
    a
    coʈʈu
    little
    ta-parsa
    prs-see
    This eye is completely blind. This one sees a little.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5073

  2. aka juustu naa vii
    aka
    that
    juustu
    right
    naa
    neg.fut
    vii
    come
    That won’t come right. OR: That can’t be fixed.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5394

  3. elispa inda nukutiraa noos
    eli-s-pa
    3.m-pl-acc
    inda
    yet
    nuku-tiraa
    neg-take
    noos
    1pl
    We haven't engaged them yet. OR: We haven't taken them on as regular employees yet.

    See Smith 1974-5: 1372