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Position of standard negation
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Before the verb
Example 8-152:
Dem tel mi se dem
no
yer di pikni a baal an dem
no
si im niida.
Dem
3pl
tel
tell
mi
1sg
se
comp
dem
3pl
no
neg
yer
hear
di
det
pikni
child
a
prog
baal
bawl
an
and
dem
3pl
no
neg
si
see
im
3sg
niida.
neither
They told me that they neither heard the child crying nor saw it.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Position of standard negation
Source:
Own knowledge
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