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Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
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Same TAM marking in negated clauses
Example 21-67:
Now I am eating mango; Now I am not eating mango.
Now
now
I
1sg
am
am
eating
eat-
dur
mango;
mango
Now
now
I
1sg
am
am
not
neg
eat-ing
eat-
dur
mango.
mango
I am eating a mango now. I am not eating a mango now.
Example 21-68:
Lastime I eat mango; Lastime I don't eat mango.
Lastime
pst
I
1sg
eat
eat
mango;
mango
Lastime
pst
I
1sg
don't
do.
neg
eat
eat
mango.
mango
In the past I ate mango. In the past I didn't eat mango.
Confidence:
Unspecified
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking
Source:
Own knowledge
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