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Position of standard negation
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Before the verb
Example 9-186:
Yu
neva
ivn̩ memba dat if a
neva
kum ya kum tɛl yu.
Yu
2sg
neva
ant
.
neg
ivn̩
even
memba
remember
dat
that
if
if
a
1sg
neva
ant
.
neg
kum
come
ya
here
kum
come
tɛl
tell
yu.
2sg
You would not even have remembered if I had not come to tell you.
Source:
Escure 1992
Example 9-187:
Yu
no
waak da ridj de.
Yu
2sg
no
neg
waak
walk
da
that
ridj
ridge
de.
there
You don't walk along that ridge.
Source:
Escure 1983
: 36
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Language:
Belizean Creole
Feature:
Position of standard negation
Source:
Escure 1983
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