|
bļ
|
s¨@-ma-ye
|
‘She will not dance’
|
|
he
|
dance neg t
|
|
|
bulu
|
gi_¸-ye-ma
|
‘They will not go’
|
|
they
|
go t neg
|
|
|
Nc
|
gér-ma-ye
|
‘I shall not wor’
|
|
I
|
go neg t
|
|
|
|
| 4.15.4. Perfective Negative
: |
| VR + t¨
+ Neg + b¨ |
| da |
|
N¨
|
gi_¸-t¨-ma-b¨
|
‘I have not gone’
|
|
I
|
go t neg asp
|
|
|
miglune
|
kį - ka - mab¨
|
‘The blind had not seen’
|
|
the blind
|
see t neg
|
|
|
|
| 4.15.5 Durative Negative |
| VR + ma + -N
|
| -duN
|
| -pye |
| -duNai
|
| - aiN
|
|
N¨
|
gi_¸-ma-N
gļ-ma-duN
|
‘I am not going
|
|
I
|
go neg asp
|
|
|
Nc
|
gi_¸-ma-Nai
gļ-ma-duNai
|
‘I was not going’
|
|
I
|
go neg asp
|
|
|
N¨
|
gi_¸-ma-pye
|
‘I shall not be going’
|
|
I
|
go-neg-asp
|
|
|
bļ
|
gérmaN
|
‘He is not working’
|
|
he
|
work neg asp
|
|
|
bļ asi
|
lį-ma Nai
|
‘He was not bringing water’
|
|
he water
|
bring neg
|
|
|
|
| 4.15.6 Potential Negative
: |
| The tense marker is optionally
deleted. |
|
N¨
|
se_¸
|
agerse_¸m
|
gerra-t¨-ma
|
‘I cannot do this work’
|
|
I
|
this
|
work
|
do mood t neg
|
|
|
bļ
|
apin
|
d¨@la-ma-Nai
|
|
‘He could not eat food’
|
|
he
|
food
|
eat mood neg t
|
|
|
|
bļ
|
apin
|
d¨@-la-ma-ye
|
|
‘He will not be able to eat food’
|
|
he
|
food
|
eat mood neg tm
|
|
|
|
|
| 4.15.7 Injunctive Negative
: |
|
bļ
|
ager
|
ger-me-pye-lagiyepė
|
‘He must not do the work’
|
|
he
|
work
|
do neg t mood
|
|
|
bļ
|
ruti
|
m¨@-ma-pye-ayiye
|
‘He should not bake the bread’
|
|
he
|
bread
|
do neg t mood
|
|
|
bļ
|
p¨rit¨-ma-ida
|
|
‘He should not read’
|
|
he
|
read neg mood
|
|
|
|
|
| 4.15.8. Negative Infinitive
: |
| VR + Neg + -nam + dė
|
| ė |
|
N¨-kke
|
gi_¸-ma-nam-dė
|
sė-gi_¸-maye
|
‘He won’t come (if) I don’t go’
|
|
my
|
not goping
|
will not come
|
|
|
bļ-kke
|
gi_¸-ma-nam-dėa
|
|
‘It is true that he is not going’
|
|
his
|
go neg inf true
|
|
|
|
|
| 4.15.9. Negative Imperative
: |
| In imperative
sentences, /-y¨/ is negative marker.
When negative is added, the tense marker is obligatorily deleted.
Imperative marker /-da/ is optionally deleted. |
