Datapoint Nicaraguan Creole English/Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking

Values

Same TAM marking in negated clauses

Example 11-144:
Bot deh si wan a deh fren no mi seh notn [...].
Bot
but
deh
3pl
si
see
wan
one
a
of
deh
3pl.poss
fren
friend
no
neg
mi
pst
seh
say
notn
nothing
[...].
[...]
But they saw one of their friends wasn’t saying anything [...].
Example 11-145:
Shi neva did pee di oubia wuman.
Shi
3sg.f
neva
neg.pst
did
pst
pee
pay
di
art.def
oubia
obeah
wuman.
woman
She didn’t pay the obeah woman.

Source: nd

Example 11-146:
Deh no lisn tu deh pierens.
Deh
3pl
no
neg
lisn
listen
tu
to
deh
3pl.poss
pieren-s.
parent-pl
They don't listen to their parents.

Source: nd

Example 11-147:
Katalina did laik drink plenti rom.
Katalina
Catalina
did
pst
laik
like
drink
drink
plenti
plenty
rom.
rum
Catalina liked drinking lots of rum.
Confidence:
Very certain