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Normal imperative construction and special negator
Example 29-104:
Praat Xhosa, asseblief!
Praat
speak
Xhosa,
Xhosa
asseblief!
please
Speak Xhosa please!
Example 29-105:
Moenie Duits praat nie!
Moenie
proh
Duits
German
praat
speak
nie!
neg
Don't speak German!
Example 29-106:
Ek praat nie Engels nie.
Ek
1sg
praat
speak
nie
neg
Engels
English
nie.
neg
I don't speak English.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Language:
Afrikaans
Feature:
The prohibitive
Source:
Own knowledge
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