Datapoint Kikongo-Kituba/Position of standard negation

The negative marker typically occurs in sentence-final position.

Values

After verb plus postverbal object

Example 58-79:
Yandi pes-aka mono mukanda ve.
Yandi
he
pes-aka
give-pst
mono
me
mukanda
book
ve.
not
He did not give me the book.
Example 58-125:
Muntu mosi kwisaka ve.
Muntu
person
mosi
one
kwisaka
came
ve.
neg
One person did not come.
Confidence:
Certain