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Negation and indefinite pronouns
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Co-occurrence with predicate negation
Example 66-55:
Go
attule ta
kelaatan.
Go
1sg
attu=le
one=
quant
ta-kelaatan.
neg
.
fin
-see
I didn’t see anything.
Example 66-119:
Attu orle gope rumana
ta
datang.
Attu=or=le
indf
=person=
quant
go-pe
1sg
-
poss
ruma-na
house-to
ta-datang.
neg
.
fin
-come
Nobody came to my house.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
Feature:
Negation and indefinite pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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