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Negation and indefinite pronouns
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Co-occurrence with predicate negation
Example 25-193:
Im
no
bin ladim
enibodi
tatjim dat faiya bla im en imin oldei nesimbat tu dat faiya.
Im
3sg
no
neg
bin
pst
lad-im
let-
tr
enibodi
anybody
tatj-im
touch-
tr
dat
dem
faiya
fire
bla
dat
/
poss
im
3sg
en
and
im=in
3sg
=
pst
oldei
always
nes-im-bat
nurse-
tr
-
prog
tu
too
dat
dem
faiya.
fire
He wouldn't let anybody touch his fire. He always kept it with him.
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 61
Example 25-324:
Nobodi neva
putimbat mai haus.
Nobodi
nobody
neva
neg2
put-im-bat
put-
tr
-
prog
mai
1sg
.
poss
haus.
house
Nobody ever builds my house.
Example 25-326:
Yu
kan
fiksim mi,
enibodi kan
fiksim mi.
Yu
2sg
kan
can.
neg
fiks-im
fix-
tr
mi,
1sg
enibodi
anybody
kan
can.
neg
fiks-im
fix-
tr
mi.
1sg
You can't cure me, nobody can cure me. (patient to doctor)
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Language:
Kriol
Feature:
Negation and indefinite pronouns
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
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