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Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
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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
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
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Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Feature:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
Source:
Own knowledge
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