| 40. |
o?ol-ko
|
p isa-ko |
hataw-ya, |
ka-he- i? |
| |
writer-pl |
money-pl
|
accept |
neg-is-que |
|
| ‘Writers will accept money,
won’t they? |
|
41. |
o?ol-ko |
pisa-ko
|
ka-ko |
hataw-ya, |
he-i? |
|
| ‘Writers will not accept
money, will they? |
|
42. |
o?ol-ko |
kautar/nu he |
pisa-ko |
hataw-ya, |
| |
he-i? |
never |
|
|
|
| ‘Writers will never accept
money, will they?’ |
|
The indefinite pronouns such as mo hayan
‘somewhere’, moyonh 
‘somebody’ or one man’, do not occur in the negative
sentences but jata ‘anybody’, anywhere’ occurs as
seen in the following sentences :
|
43. |
ako |
mohayan-te |
seno-jan - a - ko |
| |
they |
somewhere-case |
go-tense-cop-PT |
|
| |
44. |
ako |
jata-te |
ka-seno-jan - a - ko |
| |
they |
anywhere-case |
neg-go-tense-cop-PT |
|
| ‘They did not go anywhere’ |
|
| 45. |
a?e
|
moyon-h-ke
lel - l - i - a - ?e |
|
| |
he |
one-man-case |
see-tense-cop-PT |
|
| ‘He saw one man (somebody)’ |
|
46. |
a?e |
jata-ke |
ka - lel - - l - i - a - ?e |
| |
he |
any |
body-case
neg-see-tense-cop-PT |
|
| |
However, hur¥iN
‘small’ which is also used in the sense of ‘something’
occurs in the negative construction.
|
47. |
a?e |
huiŋ
|
kami - ked - a - ?e |
| |
he |
small
|
work-tense-cop-PT |
|
| |
48. |
a?e |
hur |
iŋ
|
ka-kami-ked-a-?e |
| |
‘He
|
did
|
not |
do anything’ |
|
|
The concept ‘neither........nor’ is expressed by
repeating the negative marker before the verbs as
in the following sentence:
|
49 |
a?e |
ka-hiju-a |
ka-udubi |
-a |
- ?e |
|
he |
neg-come |
neg-inform |
-cop |
-PT |
|
‘Neither
he comes nor he informs’ |
|
7. Constructions such as negative adverb are formed
by adding the negative marker before the verb as
usual; however it follows adverb ias in the following
sentences :
|
50. |
kartik |
bugi |
-leka |
ol - ja?t - a - ?e |
| |
karthik
|
good
|
-like |
write-asp-cop-PT |
|
| |
51. |
kartik |
bugi-leka |
ka-ol-ja?t-a-?e |
|
| ‘Karthik is not writing
well’ |
|
52. |
aiŋ
|
sekate |
ol - dhai
- a |
| |
I
|
quickly |
write-can-cop |
|
| |
53. |
aiŋ
|
sekate |
ka-iŋ
|
ol-dhai-a |
| |
‘I
|
cannot |
write
|
quickly’ |
|
6.9.
|
Interrogative sentences :
|
1. There are two kinds of interrogations, viz.,
Yes - No kind, and wh-kind, which require specific
information. The interrogative marker for Yes-No
kind of interrogative is i
which alternates with kana. Wh-type of interrogative
is formed by adding interrogative pronouns. |
