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The ''ša'' part of the circumfix is omitted if the verb is attributive: | The ''ša'' part of the circumfix is omitted if the verb is attributive: | ||
: ''ṣveya gun ujunya ša'' "the wall hasn't been painted" → ''gun ujunya ṣveya'' "the wall that hasn't been painted" | : ''ṣveya gun ujunya ša'' "the wall hasn't been painted" → ''gun ujunya ṣveya'' "the wall that hasn't been painted" | ||
: ''alūs gu | : ''alūs gu kāmilire ša'' "the bottle isn't blue" → ''gu kāmilire alūs'' "the bottle that isn't blue" | ||
Double negatives are not proper in Chlouvānem — negating a sentence with a negative correlative makes it affirmative: | Double negatives are not proper in Chlouvānem — negating a sentence with a negative correlative makes it affirmative: | ||