Datapoint Hawai‘i Creole/Negative morpheme types

Neva [NEG.PST] behaves like a verb in that it can be marked for aspect (neva wɛn do um 'didn't do it'). In all other tenses Hawai'i Creole has a negative particle.

Values

Negative auxiliary verb Frequency: 50.0%

Example 26-60:
aɪ dono waɪ dɛ nɛva puɾ ɔm in a miɾol
aɪ
1sg
dono
neg.know
waɪ
why
dɛ
3pl
nɛva
neg.pst
puɾ
put
ɔm
3sg
in
in
a
def
miɾol
middle
I don't know why they didn't put it in the middle.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 54

Confidence:
Very certain

Negative particle Frequency: 50.0%

Example 26-61:
ðat no saʊn ɹaɪt tu mi
ðat
dem
no
neg
saʊn
sound
ɹaɪt
right
tu
to
mi
1sg.obl
That doesn't sound right to me.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 23

Example 26-64:
a tiŋ B. no gon bi gud
a
1sg
tiŋ
think
B.
B.
no
neg
gon
fut
bi
be
gud
good
I think that B. isn't going to be (any) good. OR: I don't think that B. is going to be (any) good.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 177

Confidence:
Very certain