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===Negation=== | ===Negation=== | ||
:For more info cf. [[#Telicity|telicity]] | |||
Normal negation in Rówok takes the form of the second stage of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jespersen%27s_Cycle Jespersen's Cycle] in normal negation and in the third stage when used as a clitic as explained below. | |||
The normal circumfixed negating words are '''''ár ... lunú'''''. | The normal circumfixed negating words are '''''ár(a) ... lunú'''''. The choice of '''''ár''''' or '''''ár(a)''''' is euphonic, depending on whether the following word begins with a consonant or vowel. | ||
The word '''lunú''' is the adverb of the root '''lwn-''' or "drop". It is shortened to '''''-lXn''''' when attached as a [[#Clitics|clitic]], whereupon it has the meaning "and not". | :The word '''lunú''' is the adverb of the root '''lwn-''' or "drop". It is shortened to '''''-lXn''''' when attached as a [[#Clitics|clitic]], whereupon it has the meaning "and not". | ||
:Likewise '''''Xr-''''' can be prefixed on words to negate them, or render their opposite. | |||
Unemphatic statements follow Rówok's normal SOV syntax and circumfix the entire clause. Emphasized parts are usually [[#Fronting|fronted]] and then only the fronted unit is circumfixed. | |||
[[#Nouns|Nominals]] included as the objects of negated [[#Verbs|verbs]] are either in the [[#Partitive|partitive]] or [[#Genitive|genitive]] case, as explained below in [[#Negative telicity|negative telicity]]. | |||
The word '''''áma''''' is used to strengthen negative constructions. It is placed right before a negated word or [[#Constituent phrases|constituent phrase]], and often used in repeated or qualified constructions, with the effect of '''"...and I mean ''no..."''''' | |||
Other complementary negatives instead of '''''lunú''''': | |||
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====Negative telicity==== | |||
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