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Negatives - Kwéyòl to English

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P'òkò

Not yet


Gason-mwen p'òkò wivé

My son has not yet arrived


Sòlda-a p'òkò manjé 

The hermit crab has not yet eaten


M'òkò kay kouwi

I will not run yet

M'òkò works as a contraction for: "Mwen p'òkò"

 


Pyès

No | None


Pyès chyen pa kay mòdé'w 

No dog will bite you.


Pyèsonn 

No one


Pyèsonn pa palé 

No one spoke


Anyen

Nothing


Li pa ni anyen pou ba'w

He has nothing to give you


Makak-la pa ni anyen pou manjé

The monkey has nothing to eat


Janmen 

Never


Mwen janmen manjé an houma avan

I have never eaten a lobster before


Li janmen vizité Matnik 

She has never visited Martinique


Ni....ni

Neither....nor


I pa ka obéyi ni papa'y ni manman'y

He obeys neither his father nor his mother.


I pa ni ni diwi ni pen

She has neither rice nor bread.