There are several types of negation.
The most simple one is the use of the conjunction ni 'not': ik ni vait þan guman 'I don't know this man'. This conjunction blends with the auxiliary verb visen 'to be' in all forms, so the negative forms are as follows: sa tjons nist in s'ruma 'the dog isn't in the room', izi atta nivas xoux 'her father wasn't tall', ik nisjou slepen xisnaxts 'I won't sleep tonight'.
Before nouns, another negative word is used, nain 'no, none', e.g. ik im nain guma, ik viba 'I'm not a man, I'm a woman'.
It should be mentioned here that the verb 'to be' may be dropped in constructions like 'I'm a woman', when the second part of the sentence is a noun. However, when we have an adjective in the second part, e.g. if we want to say 'I'm young', the verb is needed: ik im jung.
Other negative words include nevr 'never', niman 'no one', nain 'none', nipar 'nowhere'. Double negation usually does not occur, so phrases like 'I never drink coffee' sound like ik nevr drinka kafa, employing a single negative word.
The most simple one is the use of the conjunction ni 'not': ik ni vait þan guman 'I don't know this man'. This conjunction blends with the auxiliary verb visen 'to be' in all forms, so the negative forms are as follows: sa tjons nist in s'ruma 'the dog isn't in the room', izi atta nivas xoux 'her father wasn't tall', ik nisjou slepen xisnaxts 'I won't sleep tonight'.
Before nouns, another negative word is used, nain 'no, none', e.g. ik im nain guma, ik viba 'I'm not a man, I'm a woman'.
It should be mentioned here that the verb 'to be' may be dropped in constructions like 'I'm a woman', when the second part of the sentence is a noun. However, when we have an adjective in the second part, e.g. if we want to say 'I'm young', the verb is needed: ik im jung.
Other negative words include nevr 'never', niman 'no one', nain 'none', nipar 'nowhere'. Double negation usually does not occur, so phrases like 'I never drink coffee' sound like ik nevr drinka kafa, employing a single negative word.
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