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Value Co-occurrence with predicate negation
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
Parameter:
Negation and indefinite pronouns
Examples
Muntu mosi kwisaka
ve.
Muntu
person
mosi
one
kwisaka
came
ve.
neg
One person did not come.
Muntu mosi ve kwis-aka.
Muntu
person
mosi
one
ve
not
kwis-aka.
come-
pst
Nobody came. OR: Not a single person came.
Muntu ve kwisaka.
Muntu
person
ve
neg
kwisaka.
came
Nobody came.
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