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The Prohibitive
Language:
Vietnamese
Feature:
The Prohibitive
by
Johan van der Auwera
and
Ludo Lejeune
with
Valentin Goussev
Value:
Normal imperative + special negative
Examples
Sentence igt-2195:
Uông ruou!
Uông
drink
ruou!
alcoholic
Drink alcohol!’ or ‘I/you/he/etc. is/are drinking alcohol.
Sentence igt-2196:
Chó uông ruou!
Chó
neg
uông
drink
ruou!
alcoholic
Do not drink alcohol!
Sentence igt-2197:
K hông uông ruou.
K hông
neg
uông
drink
ruou.
alcoholic
I/you/he/etc. are not drinking alcohol.
References
Thompson 1965
Dinh Hoa 1974
Bystrov and Stankevich 2001
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