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The prohibitive
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Normal imperative construction and normal negator
Example 6-59:
Go! Doh go!
Go!
go.
imp
Doh
neg
go!
go
Go! Don't go!
Example 6-66:
Shi nuo dat ah doh laik she.
Shi
she
nuo
know
dat
that
ah
I
doh
don't
laik
like
she.
her
She knows that I don't like her.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
by
Susanne Mühleisen
cite
Language:
Trinidad English Creole
Feature:
The prohibitive
Source:
Own knowledge
Aceto 2008
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