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Kikongo-Kituba
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The prohibitive
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Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Example 58-73:
Kwenda
ve!
Kwenda
go
ve!
neg
Don't go!
Example 58-74:
Yandi kwenda
ve
.
Yandi
3sg
kwenda
go
ve.
neg
May he/she not go. or: He/She should not/must not go.
Example 58-75:
Yandi ke kwenda
ve
.
Yandi
3sg
ke
prog
kwenda
go
ve.
neg
He/She is not going.
Example 58-76:
Kwenda!
Kwenda!
go
Go!
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
Feature:
The prohibitive
Source:
Own knowledge
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