Datapoint Reunion Creole/Negative morpheme types

Values

Negative particle

Example 54-214:
Mi kone pa.
Mi
1sg.fin
kone
know
pa.
neg
I don’t know.
French: Je ne sais pas.
Example 54-215:
An se tan la, lékol lavé poin tro.
An
in
së
dem
tan
time
la,
dem
lekol
school
lave
have.pst
pwen
neg
tro.
too.many
In those days, there were not too many schools.
French: À cette époque-là, il n'y avait pas trop d'écoles.

Source: Barat et al. 1977: 56

Example 54-216:
[...] kan i sava devan, i regard pi déyer.
[...]
[...]
kan
when
i
fin
sava
go
dëvan,
forward
i
fin
rëgard
look
pi
no.longer
deyer.
back
[...] when you go forward, you no longer look back.
French: [...] quand on avance, on ne regarde plus derrière.

Source: Barat et al. 1977: 75

Confidence:
Very certain