Datapoint Nicaraguan Creole English/Negation and indefinite pronouns

Values

Co-occurrence with predicate negation

Example 11-312:
Nobadi neva yuuztu hav tivi.
No-badi
no-body
neva
neg.pst
yuuztu
hab.pst
hav
have
tivi.
TV
Nobody would have a TV.

Source: nd

Example 11-313:
Wi no hav nobadi.
Wi
1pl
no
neg
hav
have
no-badi.
no-body
We don't have anybody (to represent us).

Source: nd

Example 11-314:
Bot nou yu kyaan du notn.
Bot
but
nou
now
yu
2sg
kyaan
can.neg
du
do
notn.
nothing
But now you can’t do anything.

Source: nd

Example 11-315:
Dei pei nobadi no main.
Dei
3pl
pei
pay
no-badi
no-body
no
neg
main.
mind
They didn’t listen to anyone.

Source: nd

Confidence:
Very certain