The negative sentences indicate
that the subject does not perform the action mentioned by the
verb. The negative is formed by adding -e to the verb.
tumi ne an co?un?e
‘I could not eat rice
yesterday’
pini ne vabombe
‘I am not coming today’
la kam klemnane
‘he should not do the
work’
tumi la vave
‘he did not come
yesterday’
ne damdelo
‘I did not go’
The negative is also
expressed by the particles kali ‘not’ and ave
‘no’.
lahuy lam keme kali
‘these are not good
words’
nelo
thata ave
I do not have anything
with me
na
hem ave
‘you do not have a
house’
hadak ok avepo
‘there will be no fish’
hala kali lachi
‘not that but his’
The prohibitive is
marked by adding ri to the verb.
damri
‘do not go’
cobayri
‘do not lie’
vaver ri non
‘you should not come always’
4.3.2.
The Compound Sentence
A compound sentence
consists of two or more main clauses or simple sentences. The
component sentences of a compound sentence is conjoined co-coordinately
by the conjunctive particles or past participles.
The conjunctive particles
aru and lapen ‘and’ are used to conjoin two
sentences.
damnon aru vanon
]
damnon lapen vanon
]
‘go and come back’
la damlo aru vatujuy
]
la damlo lapen vatujuy
]
‘he went and came back’
la ilotlo lapen
kitap porhilo
‘he is lying down and
reading’
The past participal form
of the verb is formed by adding -chi, -pen, and -ra
to the verb.
lok-non
