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Position of standard negation
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Before the verb
Example 3-144:
Déé soldáti
náá
féti.
Déé
def
.
pl
soldáti
soldier
náá
neg
féti.
fight
The soldiers did NOT fight.
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 22
Example 3-143:
M'
é
gó.
M'=é
1sg
=
neg
gó.
go
I didn't go.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Position of standard negation
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 22
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