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7. |
cars1
-li2 ari3
-sho4 |
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don’t4
make noise3 in2
(the) church1 |
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8. |
moco
moro1 -sho2
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don’t2
be restless1 |
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9. |
ta
pra ta lo1 -sho2
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don’t2
go in and out1
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10. |
ta
kro ta khru1
-sho2 |
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don’t2
go up and down1
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11. |
a1
dzü2 ala3
pi-sho4 |
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don’t4
stand3 in front
of 2 me1
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12. |
he1
bu2 -sho3
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don’t3
sit2 here1
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pi-sho
is politer but constrained in its occurrence |
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213 |
.1. |
sa ka-shü1
onamüi2 (akuo)3
li4 pi-sho5 |
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please don’t5
mix4 with3
naughty1 children2 |
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2. |
ari1
pi-sho2 |
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please do not2
make noise1 |
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but |
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*214 |
.1. |
 esk1
va2 rü3
pi-sho4 |
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please don’t4
write3 on2
(the) desk1 |
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*2. |
ni1
pha2 moho3
pi-sho 4 |
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please do not4
waste3 your (sg.)1
time2 |
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*3. |
mada1
pi-sho2 |
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please do not2
tell lies1 |
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A word about another Prohibitive marker, cüno is
in order. cüno lays down a putative rule and is
stronger, more forceful than sho, but it is not clear whether
it is a negative obligative imperative, as it is formally
related to neither.
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215 |
lohe1
ko2 cüno3 |
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(it is laid down that)3
(one) should not3
go2 there1
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or |
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do not3
go2 there1
(?) |
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3.4.13.4.
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(o)mo is a free form meaning ‘no’, omo
being stronger and more emphatic than mo. It occurs
sentence-initially.
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216. |
1. |
(o)mo-e1
ai2 mikrüli3
lo- i4
le5 |
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no1,
I2 will5
go down4 to Imphal3 |
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2. |
(o)mo-e1
ai2 inati3
ho-e4 |
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no1,
I2 do not have4
it3 |
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3. |
(o)mo-e1
ai2 imemüi3
mo-e4 |
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no1
, I2 am not4
(a) Mao Naga3 |
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4. |
(o)mo-e1
ai2 imemi3
-ko-e4 |
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no1,
I2 (am) (a) Mao
Naga3 |
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5. |
(o)
mo-e1 ni2
nisa-yi3 mono4
shü-e5 |
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no1,
you (sg.)2 shoud
not5 marry4
Nisa3 |
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6. |
(o)mo-e1
lopüihi2 a3
cümüi4 mo-e5 |
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no1,
she 2 (is) not5
my3 wife4
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7. |
(o)mo-e1
ai2 sü3
mo-e4 |
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no1
, I2 do not4
know3 |
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8. |
(o)mo-e1
ahikho2
ni-yi3 akuo4
ta5 le6
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no1,
Athikho2 will6
go5 with4
you (sg.)3 |
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9. |
(o)mo-e1
a2 hayi3
sho4 le5
-mo-e6 |
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no1,
I2 will5
not6 drink4
ricebeer3 |
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3.4.13.5.
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-mo marks negation elsewhere, -ma
being a morphophenemic alternant: mo followed
by a word whose first vowel is a high vowel
becomes ma. The moods of dubitation,
individual choice minus determination and of
mental readiness to brave circumstances illustrate
ma:
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3.4.13.5.1.
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Dubitative :
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217. |
1. |
ai1
ta2 ma3
-molo-e4 |
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I1
may/might4 not3
go2 |
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2. |
mahibo1
mikrü |
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li2
lo3 ma4
-molo-e5 |
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Mathibo1
may/might5 not4
go down3 to Imphal2 |
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3. |
ai1
pfo-yi2 da3
ma4 -molo-e5
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I1
may/might5 not4 bash3
him2 up3 |
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4. |
lolia1
olo so2 ma3
-molo-e4 |
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Lolia1
may/might4 not3
sing2 |
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5. |
pfo1
adi khi vu2 ma3
-molo-e4 |
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he1
may/might4 not3
return2 |
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6. |
saemuel1
so2 ma3
-molo-e4 |
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Samuel1
may/might4 not3
do2 (it)
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