In a text I saw the following sentence: Ou te ka konte .......

In a text I saw the following sentence:

Ou te ka konte sou li san onz

wa (san n pa bliye wa nan peyi Afrik yo)

this shows that in some case, when there is a sentence with san there is also a negation pa in it.

I would like to understand when you can have the negation pa in a sentence that start with san and when you do not have it.

Also, is it possible to put the past te in the above sentence ?? like below ?

Ou te ka konte sou li san onz

wa (san n pa  TE bliye wa nan peyi Afrik yo)

Can you say

Fok nou pati san n pa fè brui

Fok nou te pati san n pat fè brui

Mèsi anpil

Does the sentence have to start with “san”?

I guess you can say WHAT WILL HAPPEN with the “lack of….”.  Example:

1.

San ou mwen pèdi.

Mwen pèdi san ou.

I’m lost without you.

2.

San tretman doktè mwen ta gentan mouri.

Mwen ta gentan mouri san tretman doktè.

I would have already died without medical treatment.

Or you could say WHAT WILL NOT HAPPEN with the “lack of…..”

3.

San ou mwen pa konn sa m ta fè.

Mwen pa konn sa m ta fè san ou.

I don’t know what I would do without you.

4.

San lalwa pa gen la libète. 

Pa gen libète san lalwa.

“Without laws there’s no freedom”

5.

Here’s how I would translate the last two sentences:

Fok nou pati san n pa fè brui. – We should leave without making noise

Fok nou te pati san n pa’t fè brui. – We should have left without making any noise

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