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The prohibitive
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Normal imperative construction and normal negator Frequency: 50.0%
Example 19-102:
Laf!
Laf!
laugh
Laugh!
Example 19-103:
No
laf!
No
neg
laf!
laugh
Don't laugh!
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 255
Example 19-105:
À no laf.
À
1sg
.
sbj
no
neg
laf.
laugh
I didn't laugh.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Special imperative construction and normal negator Frequency: 50.0%
Example 19-102:
Laf!
Laf!
laugh
Laugh!
Example 19-104:
Mek
yù
no
laf!
Mek
sbjv
yù
2sg
no
neg
laf!
laugh
Don't laugh!
Example 19-105:
À no laf.
À
1sg
.
sbj
no
neg
laf.
laugh
I didn't laugh.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
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Language:
Pichi
Feature:
The prohibitive
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