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<p>Is the man sleeping?</p>
<p>Is the man sleeping?</p>


<p>These kind of questions may be answers by using a positive or negative of the main verb (<em>myfarğaryls</em>, 'is sleeping', for 'yes' or <em>myfarğarylsíma</em>, 'isn't sleeping' for 'no') or, more commonly, by using the positive or negative forms of the verb 'to be', in this case <em>sils</em> (is) for 'yes' and <em>ixýma</em> (is not) for 'no'. In Late Middle Ru, the adverb <em>zw</em> (thus, that way) also became a popular alternative for 'yes'.</p>
<p>These kind of questions may be answered by using a positive or negative of the main verb (<em>myfarğaryls</em>, 'is sleeping', for 'yes' or <em>myfarğarylsíma</em>, 'isn't sleeping' for 'no') or, more commonly, by using the positive or negative forms of the verb 'to be', in this case <em>sils</em> (is) for 'yes' and <em>ixýma</em> (is not) for 'no'. In Late Middle Ru, the adverb <em>zw</em> (thus, that way) also became a popular alternative for 'yes'.</p>


<h3>Voice prefixes and valency operations</h3>
<h3>Voice prefixes and valency operations</h3>
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