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The prohibitive
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Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Example 21-75:
Eat!
Eat!
eat
Eat!
Example 21-76:
You don't eat crab.
You
2sg
don't
do.
neg
eat
eat
crab.
crab
You don't eat crab.
Example 21-77:
Don't eat crab!
Don't
do.
neg
eat
eat
crab!
crab
Don't eat crab!
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Singlish
by
Lisa Lim
and
Umberto Ansaldo
cite
Language:
Singlish
Feature:
The prohibitive
Source:
Own knowledge
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