Datapoint Zamboanga Chabacano/Negative morpheme types

The negative prefix no- represents a low type-frequency negation marker, but it occurrs with verbs of high frequency. The past negative marker is identical with the negative existential nuáy, and the non-past verbs are negated with the Philippine particle hendéq. The last two negators imply movement of the subject to the second position of the sentence in almost all cases. Imperatives are negated also with the prefix no-.

Values

Negative particle Frequency: 70.0%

Example 46-96:
Hendéq 'le ta-komé.
Hendéq
neg
'le
3sg
ta-komé.
ipfv-eat
S/he is not eating.
Example 46-111:
Nuáy ya-kumprá peskáw.
Nuáy
neg.exist
ya-kumprá
prf-buy
peskáw.
fish
(Somebody) didn't buy fish.
Confidence:
Very certain

Negative affix Frequency: 30.0%

Example 46-184:
Nosábe yo.
Nosábe
neg.know
yo.
1sg
I don't know.
Confidence:
Very certain