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Nouns are not marked for number when using numerals. | Nouns are not marked for number when using numerals. | ||
===Negation=== | |||
All negation is marked with ''hàr''. ''Hàr'' cannot precede its clause's verb, so negated nouns and adjectives must be backed. | |||
Prohibitive sentences instead use ''hàj''. | |||
===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||
====Part-of-speech modifiers==== | ====Part-of-speech modifiers==== | ||
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are derived with ''gu-'', ''-kej'', ''mau-'', and ''-jr'' respectively. | |||
Agentive nouns are derived either from ''gu-'' or ''guqa-''; in some regions ''guqa-'' is instead a suffix ''-guqa''. | |||
Causative ''wai'' (and variants based on the modified word's tone) can be applied before any part of speech. It is also used with some verbs as a non-shifting refix wai-. | |||
====Reduplication==== | ====Reduplication==== | ||