Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/Position of standard negation

There is also a periphrastic perfect construction containing a negated auxiliary (see Feature 100 "Negative morpheme types"). The auxiliary is adjacent to a free-standing participle.

Values

Before the verb

Example 66-117:
Farida nasi asmakan təraða.
Farida
Farida
nasi
rice
as-makan
asp-eat
tər-aða.
neg.fin-aux
Farida has not eaten rice.
Example 66-118:
Rikas tərəmakang.
Rikas
Rikas
tərə-makang.
neg.fin-eat
Rikas did not eat.
Confidence:
Very certain