Datapoint Singapore Bazaar Malay/Negative morpheme types

In Bazaar Malay, the negator tak 'not' is used with a VP predicate, bukan 'not' with an NP predicate and tak/bukan 'not' with an adjectival predicate. Jangan 'don't' is used before the predicate to negate the imperative sentence.

Values

Negative particle

Example 67-204:
Itu bukan saya punya problem.
Itu
dem
bukan
neg
saya
1sg
punya
poss
problem.
problem
That is not my problem.

Source: Aye 2005: 137

Example 67-205:
Harga pun tak sama.
Harga
value
pun
also
tak
neg
sama.
same
Also [it is] not the same price.

Source: Aye 2005: 137

Example 67-206:
Dia baling bawa tak bole mangun.
Dia
3sg
baling
lie
bawa
down
tak
neg
bole
can
mangun.
get.up
She lay down [and] could not get up.
Standard Malay: Dia berbering bawah tak boleh bangun.
Confidence:
Very certain