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Negative imperatives are formed with ''na'' before the verb, e.g. ''na halet'' "don't speak", ''na hri'' "don't cry', ''na lukamit'' "don't eat it". | Negative imperatives are formed with ''na'' before the verb, e.g. ''na halet'' "don't speak", ''na hri'' "don't cry', ''na lukamit'' "don't eat it". | ||
===Prepositions=== | |||
There are a relatively small number of simple prepositions: ''a'' "to, at"; ''kantyr'' "against"; ''ku(n)'' "with"; ''te'' "of"; ''i(n)'' "in"; ''intyr'' "between, among"; ''par'' "for, through, by"; ''sin'' "without"; ''sapyr'' "above". | |||
These may be combined with personal pronouns: | |||
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! width="100px;" | ''a-'' "to, at" !! width="100px;" | ''ku-'' "with" !! width="100px;" | ''te-'' "of" !! width="100px;" | ''i-'' "in" !! width="100px;" | ''sin'' "without" | |||
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| ''ami <br> ati <br> alu, ala <br> ani <br> api <br> ali, ale || ''kumi <br> kuti <br> kulu, kula <br> kuni <br> kupi <br> kuli, kule || ''temi <br> teti <br> telu, tela <br> teni <br> tepi <br> teli, tele || ''imi <br> iti <br> ilu, ila <br> ini <br> ipi <br> ili, ile || ''simmi <br> sinti <br> sinlu, sinla <br> sinni <br> simpi <br> sinli, sinle | |||
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==Derivation== | ==Derivation== |
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