Negation: Perfective

 

  1. Read the following sentences:

    2. É. hu& hSyo n9I. I did not laugh. (Speaker is male.)

    Ê. hu& hsI n9I. I did not laugh. (Speaker is female.)

    Ë. Ame hSya n9I. We did not laugh. (Speakers are male.)

    Ì. Ame hSya& n9I. We did not laugh. (Speakers are female.)

    Í. tu& hSyo n9I. You (sg.) did not laugh. (Listener is male.)

    Î. tme hSya n9I. You (pl.) did not laugh. (Listeners are male.)

    Ï. te hSyo n9I. He did not laugh.

    Ð. te hsI n9I. She did not laugh.

    Ñ. 2okru& hSyu& n9I. The child did not laugh.

    ÉÈ. teAo hSya n9I. They did not laugh. (The persons referred to are male.)

    ÉÉ. teAo hSya& n9I. They did not laugh. (The persons referred to are female

    or male and female.

  2. To make negative sentences you need to use n9I immediately after or before the verb.