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Value Normal imperative construction and special negator
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
The prohibitive
References
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 164-165
Examples
Waʃa igraj-igraj ni nada.
Váša
2pl
igráj-igráj
play-play
ni
neg
náda.
must
Do not mock [me] / laugh [at me].
See
Jabłońska 1957
: 168
Надо тихо сиди, чего-чего ломай не надо.
Nada tixa sidi, ʧiwo-ʧiwo lamaj ninada.
Nada
Must
tixa
quiet
sidi,
sit
ʧiwo-ʧiwo
some-some
lamaj
break
ninada.
neg
.must
Sit still, do not [make any noise by] cracking something.
See
Arsen’ev 1949
: 30
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