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These conjunctions may take pronominal inflections, taking the pronoun suffix for the subject.
These conjunctions may take pronominal inflections, taking the pronoun suffix for the subject.
===Negation===
===Negation===
Negation is simple: just add ''ba'' before the negated constituent. ''Ba'' also translates "no".
In prose, a clause is negated by adding ''ba'' before the verb and using the word ''duš'' before the absolutive (object of transitive verbs, or subject of intransitive verbs) constituent.
 
''Bej'' translates "no".
 
In poetry, negation is simple: just add ''ba'' before the negated constituent.
 
===Questions===
===Questions===
Yes-no questions are formed by changing the determiner ''ne'' of the syntactic subject (the thing being asked about) to ''ve''. The particle ''qu'' may optionally be added to the beginning.
Yes-no questions are formed by changing the determiner ''ne'' of the syntactic subject (the thing being asked about) to ''ve''. The particle ''qu'' may optionally be added to the beginning.