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Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
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The prohibitive
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Special imperative construction and normal negator
Example 33-114:
Ka bu kume.
Ka
neg
bu
2sg
kume.
eat
Do not eat!
Portuguese:
Não comas.
Example 33-115:
Kume!
Kume!
imp
eat
Portuguese:
come
Example 33-116:
N ka kume.
N
1sg
ka
neg
kume.
eat
I did not eat.
Portuguese:
Não comi.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
Feature:
The prohibitive
Source:
Own knowledge
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