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Value Reduced TAM marking in negated clauses
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
References
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 164-165
Examples
Земля работай, потом аренда плати нету.
Ziml'a rabotaj, patom arenda plati netu.
Ziml'a
land
rabotaj,
work
patom
then
arenda
rent
plati
pay
netu.
neg
I used to work on land and then I did not pay the rent.
See
Fadeev [1956] 1982
: 267
Большой люди близко ходи нету.
Balʃoj liudi bəliskə xodi netu.
Balʃoj
big
liudi
person
bəliskə
close
xodi
go
netu.
neg
The biggest wild pig has not come near enough.
See
Arsen’ev 1949
: 30
Тогда сегодня, солнце кончай, наша Иман найди есть.
Tagəda siwoni, sontsa kanchaj, nasha Iman najdi est’.
Tagəda
then
siwoni,
today
sontsa
sun
kanchaj,
finish
nasha
1pl
Iman
Iman
najdi
find
est’.
pfv
Then today at sunset we will have reached the Iman-river.
See
Arsen’ev 1949
: 286
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