Datapoint Singapore Bazaar Malay/The prohibitive

Imperative sentences in Bazaar Malay are formed by putting in the initial position the verb that signifies the action that the addresser would like the addressee to perform. For example,

Tengok!
[look]
‘Look!’

Its negative counterpart is formed by the use of special negator jangan 'don't', which is used before the imperative.

Values

Normal imperative construction and special negator

Example 67-112:
Dia tak ada kerja sekrang.
Dia
3sg
tak
neg
ada
prog
kerja
work
sekrang.
now
He is not working now.
Example 67-121:
Jangan lupa jumpa saya.
Jangan
proh
lupa
forget
jumpa
meet
saya.
1sg
Don’t forget to visit me.

Source: Aye 2005: 143

Example 67-122:
Jangan la marah sama saya.
Jangan
proh
la
emph
marah
angry
sama
with
saya.
1sg
Please don’t be angry with me.
Example 67-123:
Ah jangan balek.
Ah
pcl
jangan
proh
balek.
return
Don’t go back.

Source: Aye 2005: 392

Example 67-124:
Kita balik.
Kita
1pl
balik.
go.back
We go back. OR: We went back.

Source: Aye 2005: 435

Confidence:
Very certain