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Negation and indefinite pronouns
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Co-occurrence with predicate negation
Example 3-145:
Dí sɛmbɛ hén-seéi àn tá si taa báka f'én boóko.
Dí
def
.
sg
sɛmbɛ
someone
hén-seéi
3sg
-self
àn
neg
tá
asp
si
see
taa
say
báka
back
f'=én
for=
3sg
boóko.
break
Nobody sees his own hunchback.
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 202
Example 3-146:
M'
e
sí
sɛmbɛ.
M'=e
1sg
=
neg
sí
see
sɛmbɛ.
someone
I saw nobody.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Negation and indefinite pronouns
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 202
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