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Negative morpheme types
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Negative particle
Example 59-316:
mama ni so adu ape so, [...]
mama
mother
ni
det
so
rel
a-du
pm
-bear
ape
neg
so,
rel
[...]
[...]
The mother (co-wife of the biological mother) who had not given birth to a child [...].
Example 59-317:
lo ye ti te mbeni ye nde
ape
lo
3sg
ye
want
ti
of
te
eat
mbeni
some
ye
thing
nde
different
ape
neg
He did not want to eat anything different (than human flesh).
Example 59-318:
lo ke faa mo na mbi ape?!
lo
3sg
ke
cop
faa
kill
mo
2sg
na
conj
mbi
1sg
ape?!
neg
Won't he kill you and me?!
Example 59-319:
mbi hinga ape wala ala e si keereke
mbi
1sg
hinga
know
ape
neg
wala
or
ala
3pl
ke
cop
si
arrive
kekereke
tomorrow
I don't know if they'll arrive tomorrow.
Example 59-320:
wala ala ke si kekereke, wala ala ke si ape, mbi hinga ape
wala
or
ala
3pl
ke
cop
si
arrive
kekereke,
tomorrow
wala
or
ala
3pl
ke
cop
si
arrive
ape,
neg
mbi
1sg
hinga
know
ape
neg
I don't know if they will arrive tomorrow.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Language:
Sango
Feature:
Negative morpheme types
Source:
Samarin 1967
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