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Negative morpheme types
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Negative particle
Example 2-262:
Mi
no
si en esde.
Mi
1sg
no
neg
si
see
en
3sg
esde.
yesterday
I didn’t see him yesterday.
Source:
Winford 2002
: 406
Example 2-263:
A diri k’farlek, yu
no
man bai en.
A
3sg
diri
expensive
k’farlek,
terrible
yu
2sg
no
neg
man
can
bai
buy
en.
3sg
It’s terribly expensive, you can’t buy it.
Source:
Winford 2000
: 77
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Negative morpheme types
Source:
Winford 2002
: 412
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