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Value Same TAM marking in negated clauses
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
Examples
notn na de de
notn
nothing
na
neg
de
is
de
there
Nothing is there. OR: There is nothing there.
See
Rickford 1987
: 148, line 385
mi
no
bin don gyaaf wid dem
mi
1sg
no
neg
bin
pst
don
compl
gyaaf
talk
wid
with
dem
them
I had not finished talking with them.
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