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Negation and indefinite pronouns
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Negative existential construction
Example 46-185:
Nuáy yo kósa ta-pwéde mirá.
Nuáy
neg
.
exist
yo
1sg
kósa
thing
ta-pwéde
ipfv
-can
mirá.
see
I can't see anything.
Example 46-186:
Nuáy kyen ya-andá na dimiyo kása.
Nuáy
neg
.
exist
kyen
who
ya-andá
prf
-go
na
loc
dimiyo
my
kása.
house
Nobody came to my house.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Zamboanga Chabacano
by
Patrick O. Steinkrüger
cite
Language:
Zamboanga Chabacano
Feature:
Negation and indefinite pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
Forman 1972
: 225-229
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