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Value Before the verb
Language:
Tayo
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Ehrhart 1993
: 190
Examples
fo
pa
met vaʃ pi toro nda ʃam
fo
oblig
pa
neg
met
put
vaʃ
cow
pi
and
toro
bull
nda
in
ʃam
field
You should not put cows and bulls in one field.
ma pa ule
ma
1sg
pa
neg
ule
want
I don't want.
See
Ehrhart 1993
: 189
no,
napa
kuvri kom sa meso-la
no,
no
napa
neg
kuvri
cover
kom
like
sa
that
meso-la
house-
dem
/
def
No, [we] don't cover the houses like this. OR: It is not like this that we cover the houses.
See
Ehrhart 1993
: 190
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