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===Negation=== | |||
The adverb ''maa'' can be used to negate another word of any class, which it directly precedes. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=ao bahbo <u>maa</u> ehhea | |||
|IPA=[ʔɑːʊ̯ ˈβɑ̞ħ.pʊ ˈmɑ̞ː‿je̞çˈçɛ̯ɑː] | |||
|gloss=ao dog <u>NEG</u> PROX-see.ACT.IND | |||
|translation=Ao can't see the invisible dog | |||
}} | |||
A related unstressed prefix ''ma-'' can be used in the preverb slot as a privative, generally for derivation. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=mayeadõõ | |||
|IPA=[ᵇmɐˈjɛ̯ɑːˌðõ̞ː] | |||
|gloss=PRIV-see-POT.ACT.IND | |||
|translation=blind | |||
}} | |||
Suffixes can be added to form related adverbs such as ''maada'' "nowhere" and ''maago'' "never". | |||
==Locative verbs== | ==Locative verbs== | ||