Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Datapoint
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
/
Position of standard negation
Values
Show/hide details
Immediately after the verb
Example 69-41:
yəm mən murəmbi tanan kakan
yəm
water
mən
3sg
murə-mbi
run.away-
dep
ta-nan
prog
-
nonfut
kakan
neg
The water hadn't drained away yet.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
Feature:
Position of standard negation
Source:
Own field notes 1985
×