Datapoint Haitian Creole/Negation and indefinite pronouns

Values

Co-occurrence with predicate negation

Example 49-310:
Pèsonn pa vini.
Pèsonn
nobody
pa
neg
vini.
come
Nobody came.
French: Personne n’est venu.

Source: DeGraff 1993: 67

Example 49-311:
Pèsonn pa vini.
Pèsonn
nobody
pa
neg
vini.
come
Nobody came.
French: Personne n'est venu.

Source: DeGraff 1993: 67

Example 49-312:
Sa pa anyen.
Sa
dem
pa
neg
anyen.
nothing
Never mind (lit. It's nothing).
French: Ce n’est rien.

Source: DeGraff 1993: 67

Example 49-313:
Sa pa anyen.
Sa
dem
pa
neg
anyen.
nothing
Never mind (lit. It's nothing).
French: Ce n'est rien.

Source: DeGraff 1993: 67

Example 49-314:
Mwen pa wè pèsonn.
Mwen
1sg
pa
neg
wè
see
pèsonn.
nobody
I haven't seen anybody.
French: Je n’ai vu personne.
Confidence:
Very certain