Value Before the verb

Language:
Papiamentu
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Kouwenberg and Murray 1994; Muller 1989

Examples

  1. Mi no a bishitá e kapital di Perú nunka.
    Mi
    1sg
    no
    neg
    a
    pfv
    bishitá
    visit
    e
    def
    kapital
    capital
    di
    of
    Perú
    Peru
    nunka.
    never
    I have never visited the capital of Peru.
    Dutch: Ik heb de hoofdstad van Peru nooit bezocht.

    See Muller 1989: 90

  2. [...] a bin resultá ku nan no tabatin nèt nada di aber ku e kaso kruel aki, [...].
    [...]
    [...]
    a
    pfv
    bini
    come
    resultá
    result
    ku
    comp
    nan
    3pl
    no
    neg
    taba-tin
    pst-have
    nèt
    just
    nada
    nothing
    di
    of
    aber
    to.do
    ku
    with
    e
    def
    kaso
    case
    kruel
    cruel
    aki
    dem.prox
    [...].
    [...]
    [...] it was found that they had nothing to do with this cruel case [...].

    See nd: 25 June 2009, p.3

  3. E kambio di gobièrnu lo no trese kambio den esaki.
    E
    def
    kambio
    change
    di
    of
    gobièrnu
    government
    lo
    mood
    no
    neg
    trese
    bring
    kambio
    change
    den
    in
    es(un)
    one
    aki.
    dem.prox
    The change of government will not bring any change in this regard.

    See nd: 25 June 2009, p.3

  4. esnan ku no ta nèchi ètòl
    es(un)
    one
    nan
    pl
    ku
    comp
    no
    neg
    ta
    cop
    nèchi
    nice
    ètòl
    at.all
    those that are not at all nice

    See nd: 14 July 2009, p.4