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Negative morpheme types
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Negative particle
Example 70-42:
Ham-log
nai
kao pio tin roj kalas.
Ham-log
1-
pl
nai
neg
kao
eat
pio
drink
tin
three
roj
day
kalas.
finish
We didn't eat or drink for three days.
Example 70-73:
Ham nai jano u-loŋ skul paro ki nai.
Ham
1sg
nai
neg
jano
know
u-loŋ
3-
pl
skul
school
paro
study
ki
or
nai.
neg
I didn't know if they'd been to school or not.
Example 70-76:
Fea
nai
deo.
Fea
fare
nai
neg
deo.
give
Don't give the (bus)fare.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
by
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
Feature:
Negative morpheme types
Source:
Own knowledge
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