Datapoint Grebo / Negative Morphemes

Language:Grebo
Feature:Negative Morphemes by Matthew S. Dryer
Value:Negative auxiliary verb

Examples

Sentence igt-3222:
ne¹ du¹-da² bla⁴
ne¹
1sg.SUBJ
du¹-da²
pound-pst.BEFORE.YEST
bla⁴
rice
I pounded rice before yesterday.
Sentence igt-3223:
ne¹ yi²¹-da² bla⁴ du¹ mɔle
ne¹
1sg.SUBJ
yi²¹-da²
neg -pst.before.yest
bla⁴
rice
du¹
pound
mɔle
Monday
I did not pound rice on Monday.

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