Value Normal imperative construction and special negator

Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
The prohibitive
References
Perekhvalskaya 2008: 164-165

Examples

  1. 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

  2. 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