Datapoint Creolese/Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking

Values

Same TAM marking in negated clauses

Example 5-80:
notn na de de
notn
nothing
na
neg
de
is
de
there
Nothing is there. OR: There is nothing there.

Source: Rickford 1987: 148, line 385

Example 5-81:
mi no bin don gyaaf wid dem
mi
1sg
no
neg
bin
pst
don
compl
gyaaf
talk
wid
with
dem
them
I had not finished talking with them.
Confidence:
Very certain