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Negative morpheme types
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Negative particle
Example 49-306:
Chat madanm nan
pa
kouri.
Chat
cat
madanm
lady
nan
def
pa
neg
kouri.
run
The lady's cat didn't run.
French:
Le chat de la dame n'a pas couru.
Source:
Dejean 1982
: 9
Example 49-307:
Non, ou
pa
kap manje krèm kounye a.
Non,
no
ou
2sg
pa
neg
kap
can
manje
eat
krèm
ice.cream
kounye
now
a.
def
No, you cannot eat ice cream now.
French:
Non, tu ne peux pas manger de la glace maintenant.
Source:
Dejean 1982
: 33
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Language:
Haitian Creole
Feature:
Negative morpheme types
Source:
Dejean 1982
: 9
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