Datapoint Sranan/The prohibitive

Nickel & Wilner (1984) note that the subject of an imperative is always deleted, unless it is plural.

Values

Normal imperative construction and normal negator

Example 2-130:
No naki en!
No
neg
naki
hit
en!
3sg
Don’t hit it!

Source: Nickel and Wilner 1984: 19

Example 2-131:
Unu no naki en!
Unu
2pl
no
neg
naki
hit
en!
3sg
Don’t you guys hit it!

Source: Nickel and Wilner 1984: 19

Example 2-132:
A no e naki en.
A
3sg
no
neg
e
ipfv
naki
hit
en.
3sg
He doesn’t hit it.
Example 2-133:
Naki en!
Naki
hit
en!
3sg
Hit it!
Confidence:
Certain