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Position of standard negation
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Before the verb
Example 39-168:
Də Go
nã
mãdo Purtəgal, ot lad mem dixo.
Də
of
Go
Goa
nã
neg
mãd-o
send-
pst
Purtəgal,
Portugal
ot
other
lad
side
mem
emph
dix-o.
leave-
pst
[They] didn't send [it] from Goa to Portugal, [they] left it some other place.
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 210
Example 39-170:
Yo
nã
kɛr kõta, dig a el.
Yo
1sg
nã
neg
kɛr
want.
npst
kõt-a,
tell-
inf
dig
say.
npst
a
dat
el.
3sg
I don't want to tell, ask him.
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 210
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Feature:
Position of standard negation
Source:
Cardoso 2009
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