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Negative morpheme types
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Negative particle
Example 40-65:
Teru lə kata.
Teru
Teru
lə
fut
kata.
sing
Teru will sing.
Source:
Clements 1996
: 175-76
Example 40-133:
(1) Teru
nu
tɛ kata(n). (2) Teru
nu
kato. (3)
Nu
kata!
(1)
(1)
Teru
Teru
nu
neg
tɛ
prs
kata(n).
sing(
prog
)
(2)
(2)
Teru
Teru
nu
neg
kato.
sing.
pst
(3)
(3)
Nu
neg
kata!
sing
(1) Teru does not sing; (2) Teru did not sing. (3) Don't sing!
Source:
Clements 1996
: 175-76
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Language:
Korlai
Feature:
Negative morpheme types
Source:
Clements 1996
: 175
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