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Value Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Language:
Guyanais
Parameter:
The prohibitive
References
Kriegel et al. 2003
;
Pfänder 2000
Examples
gadé, arété, stop
gadé,
look
arété,
end
stop
stop
look, end it, stop it
See
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
pa
gadé déyè
pa
neg
gadé
look
déyè
back
Do not look back!
See
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
to
pa
divèt di l sa
to
you
pa
neg
divèt
should
di
say
l
her
sa
that
You should not tell her that!
See
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
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