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**''kôski'' is usually not used in negative sentences - e.g. ''kumîda ná li komê Úmar.'' "Omar does not eat food." <br /> However, it may be used for extra emphasis - e.g. ''kumîda kôski ná kôme Úmar.'' "[The one who] does not eat food [is] Omar." | **''kôski'' is usually not used in negative sentences - e.g. ''kumîda ná li komê Úmar.'' "Omar does not eat food." <br /> However, it may be used for extra emphasis - e.g. ''kumîda kôski ná kôme Úmar.'' "[The one who] does not eat food [is] Omar." | ||
====Interrogative | ====Interrogative suffixes/clitics==== | ||
*''-kè'': "which/what" | *''-kè'': "which/what" | ||
**Attaches to the word being modified (without affecting its accent). | **Attaches to the word being modified (without affecting its accent) - e.g. ''bisóké?'' "what person?" | ||
**Alternatively, can be a separate word after a word with a definite article - e.g. ''bisóki ké?'' "what person?" | |||
*''-kàl'': "which" | *''-kàl'': "which" | ||
** | **Similar placement as ''kè''. | ||
**Similar in meaning to ''kè'', but implies a more limited set of options. | **Similar in meaning to ''kè'', but implies a more limited set of options. | ||
====Demonstrative suffix==== | ====Demonstrative suffix==== | ||
*''-kes'': "this/these" | *''-kes'': "this/these" |
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