Negative conditional of iru.

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Negative conditional of iru.

The verb `be' Éç iru, which is irregular in its negative (É§×Á ille instead of the expected Éç´§×Á irukka-lle ), also has a negative conditional which uses the É§§ ill- as the verb stem to which the negative and conditional morphemes are added:

É§ÁÔ¥¹Ô illaatttaa `if it is not...'

This often is equivalent semantically to English `otherwise' as in:

ÇÁ¾ÔÀÕ¿Õ×Á Ø½Ôà É§ÁÔ¥¹Ô ´Ôþß Ø½ÔÞ£ alamaariyle poodu. illaattaa, kaanju poohum. `Put it in the cupboard. Otherwise, it'll dry up.'

É§ÁÔ¥¹Ô illaatttaa may also function as a marker of `disjunction' marker, i.e. `(either) this or that':

¼Ö ¼Ô×Ä¡´Õ Ø½Ô´ÁÔ£; É§ÁÔ¥¹Ô ¼Ô¼Ô×Ä¡´Õ Ø½Ô´á£ nii naalekki poohalaam; illaattaa naanaalekki poohanum `You may go tomorrow; or, you will have to go the next day.'

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