Datapoint Bahamian Creole/The prohibitive

Values

Normal imperative construction and normal negator

Example 12-134:
I start eating, so - I tell her, Don't eat none, you know. Yeah. She was pregnant.
[...]
[...]
I
1sg.sbj
tell
tell
her,
3sg.obj
Don't
neg
eat
eat[imp]
none
none
[...].
[...]
[I started to eat (the fish), so] I told her, Don’t eat any of it [...].
Example 12-135:
Gulfrey, come open the window!
Gulfrey,
Gulfrey
come
come[imp]
open
open[imp]
the
art
window!
window
Gulfrey, [come here and] open the window!
Example 12-136:
I say, This may be poison, I don't know.
[...]
[...]
I
1sg.sbj
don't
neg
know.
know
[...] [This may be poisoned,] I don't know.
Confidence:
Very certain