| 7.8.5. Negative |
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The negative refers to the negation of an action which has reference to all the three tenses,.
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The negative suffixes are -w and -o: which are conditioned morphologically. While -w occurs before second personal pronominal endings, -o: occurs before first and third personal pronominal endings.
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| 7.8.5.1. Present Negative |
| Verb |
I and III person masc. and non-masculine |
II person |
tin-
‘to eat’ |
tinn-o:- |
tin-w- |
man-
‘to live’ |
mann-o:- |
man-w- |
ta:s-
‘to keep’ |
ta:s-o:- |
ta:s-w- |
ma:ru
‘to forget’ |
ma:ru-o:- |
ma:ru-w- |
we:h-
‘to say’ |
we:h-o:- |
we:h-w- |
ud-
‘to sit’ |
ud-o:- |
ud-w- |
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The negative suffix is followed by the following pronominal endings (Set-5).
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| Persons |
Singular |
Plural |
| I |
-n |
-m |
| II |
-i:/i:n |
-i:r/-r: |
| III Masculine |
-o:r |
-o:r |
| III Non-masculine |
-Ø |
- |
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| 7.8.5.2. Past Negative |
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The negative verb il added to the past adverbial form of the verb indicates the past negative which is inflected for all persons, number and gender.
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nan: tin-ji-il-o:n |
‘I did not eat’ |
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nana: wa ksi-il-o:n |
‘I did not speak’ |
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wo:r ke:nji-il-o:r |
‘he did not listen’ |
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ad hu-si-il-f |
‘it/she did not see’ |
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aw hanji-il-o: |
‘they did not go’ |
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