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Negation and indefinite pronouns
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Co-occurrence with predicate negation
Example 59-327:
ambeni ahinga ape
a-mbeni
pl
-some
a-hinga
pm
-know
ape
neg
Some (people) don't know (about it).
Example 59-328:
I hinga mbeni
yi oko
ti sara ngbangani
pepe.
I
1pl
hinga
know
mbeni
some
yi
thing
oko
one
ti
of
sara
do
ngbangani
the.matter
pepe.
neg
We don't know a thing to do about it.
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 150
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Language:
Sango
Feature:
Negation and indefinite pronouns
Source:
Samarin 1967
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