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====Negative and interrogative==== | ====Negative and interrogative==== | ||
'''Negation''' is accomplished with the circumfix ከ-ም ''kä-m'' in main clauses | '''Negation''' is accomplished with the circumfix ከ-ም ''kä-m'' in main clauses, the (post-subject) prefix ስ- ''sï-'' for subordinate verbs, infinitives, imperatives, etc. | ||
:e.g. ኜደ ''nyèddä'' "I walk" → ከኜደም ''känyèddäm'' "I do not walk" | :e.g. ኜደ ''nyèddä'' "I walk" → ከኜደም ''känyèddäm'' "I do not walk" | ||
:: | ::ሴዴ ''seddé'' "do not walk", የሴዴ ''yäseddé'' "that does not walk" | ||
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'''Yes/No''' questions are formed with the suffix ''-m'' on the verb. | '''Yes/No''' questions are formed with the suffix ''-m'' on the verb. |
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