Datapoint Ternate Chabacano/Position of standard negation

As in many other Philippine languages, the negator attracts the subject (pronoun) to the second position of the phrase (Steinkrüger 2007: 372).

Values

Before the verb

Example 44-173:
No éli ta risibí págo.
No
neg
éli
3sg
ta
ipfv
risibí
receive
págo.
payment
He does not receive a payment.
Spanish: No recibe sueldo. OR: No le pagan.
Confidence:
Very certain