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Value Immediately after the verb
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Position of standard negation
References
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 163-165
Examples
За женушека месяза посиди нету, адали чужой.
Za ʒenuʃeka mesiaza pasidi netu, adali ʧuʒoj.
Za
top
ʒenuʃeka
wife
mesiaza
place
pasidi
sit
netu,
neg
adali
like
ʧuʒoj.
stranger
They never sit near their wives as if they were strangers.
See
Neumann 1966
: 246
Трава гори нету, лес - гори!
Tərawa gari netu, lies gari!
Tərawa
grass
gari
burn
netu,
neg
lies
forest
gari!
burn
It is not just the grass that is burning, it it the whole forest that burns!
See
Arsen’ev 1949
: 257
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