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ki:?a
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‘you (sg.) don’t do’
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he:ņ?a
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‘you (sg.) don’t look’
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ki:?adu
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‘you (pl.) don’t do’
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he:ņ?adu
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‘you (pl.) don’t look’
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6.11.3.5
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Subjunctive Negative |
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The verb in the subjunctive mood is negated by adding the negative
suffix after the verb root and before the subjunctive suffix.
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na:nu ki:?apeni
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‘I may not do’
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ma:ro ki?apayi
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‘we may not do’
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6.11.3.6
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Conditional Negative |
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The negative form of the conditional is formed by adding the negative
suffix -?a to the verb root which is followed by the tense and conditional
suffixes.
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udi va:?atihĩna:nu umba?a ha? ĩ
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‘If she does not come, I will go there’
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ni:nu tin?atihĩ
ma:ro hal?ayi
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‘If you don’t eat, we will not go’
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udi va:?atihiâma
na:nu umba:a ha:atenima
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‘If she had not come, I would not have gone there’
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ni:nu tinji macci?ihĩma
ma:ro hal?atayima
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‘If you had not eaten, we would not have gone’
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6.11.3.7
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Obligate Negative |
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The obligative is expressed by using the connective sama ‘but’ to
connect the clause containing the obligative form of the verb with the
clause expressing negation.
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na:nu hannayi macce sama na:nu hajja hillo? oâ
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‘I had to go but I did not go’
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ma:mbu hannayi macce sama hajja hillo?omi
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‘We had to go, but we did not go’
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6.11.3.8
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Indicative Negative |
Declarative statements in the indicative mood are negated by adding the
verb a:?e to the end of the statement.
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kaajja illu
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‘(It is) big house’
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kajja illu a:?e
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‘(It is) not big house’ |
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idi a omi
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‘This (is) mirror’
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idi aomi
a:?e
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‘This is not mirror’
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i:na:yūta
mannari nehari
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‘This village people are good’
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i:na:yūta
mannari nehari a:?e
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‘This village people are not
good’
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6.11.3.8.2
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By using the form of the verb hill ‘to be’ with the
person-number gender-suffix in concord with the subject. |
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u:po:da ojja manne
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‘That girl is beautiful’
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u:po:da ojja hille?e
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‘That girl is not beautiful’ |
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6.11.4.
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Negative participles |
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6.11.4.1
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Relative participles are negated by adding the negative suffix -?a to the
verb root which is followed by the tense suffix and the
person-number-gender suffix.
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va:tateni
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‘I who came’ |
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va:?atateni
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‘I who did not come’
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va:tasi
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‘He who came’
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va:?atasi
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‘He who did not come’ |
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