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 The negative imperative mood is, in contrast, heavily irregular and dependent on dialect; see [[#Negative imperative|§ Negative imperative]].
 ====Passive/active voice====
-In Mainland Izhkut dialects, the active voice remains uninflected whereas the passive voice is indicated by a proceeding ''zre'' particle. However, in Colonial dialects, this dichotomy is swapped around; passive voice is uninflected, while active voice is indicated by a proceeding ''zre''. For example, in Mainland dialects:
+In Izhkut, the active voice is uninflected whereas the passive voice is indicated by a proceeding ''zre'' particle. For example:
 : ''Drapuk g'ivi.''
 : "The man '''eats'''."
 "The man ''is being eaten''" would be:
 : '''''Zre''' drapuk g'ivi.''
-However, in Colonial dialects, the former sentence would mean "The man ''is being eaten''" and the latter sentence would mean "The man ''eats''". The only exception to this "swapped dichotomic" rule is with the [[#Copula|copula]], where the use of ''zre'' matches its Mainland use(''u'': "is", ''zre u'': "is being [verb]ed").
 ====Aspect====
 Dichotomic aspect(perfective/imperfective) is optional, but can be shown(and is commonly done so in Colonial dialects) by one of two particles:
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 : "I have '''no''' money."
 ====Negative imperative====
+In Mainland dialects, the imperative is marked by the preceding particle ''ma'', while the negative imperative is usually marked by the particle ''h'ma''(''hem'' + ''ma'', pronounced [[Help:IPA|[xˈma]]]). In Southern Mainland dialects, double negatives are also used in negative imperative phrases, a feature borrowed from [[Pokht]]:
+: '''''H'ma''' drapuk '''hem''' yosh.''
+: "Don't eat pork."(''lit.'' "Don't eat no pork.")
+Negative imperatives are, however, very differently expressed in Colonial dialects. First, in Colonial dialects, imperatives are generally unmarked; ''Ma yush'' "Shut up" in Mainland dialects would simply be ''Yush'' in Colonial dialects.
+Though the negative imperative is marked, how exactly this is marked depends on dialect. In Bay Area dialects, the negative imperative is marked by ''mera''(the negative interjection in Mainland dialects) or alternatively eye dialect ''m'ra'', and is placed after the verb, in contrast to the precedent placement of Mainland ''h'ma'', e.g.:
+: ''Drapuk '''mera''' yosh.'' / ''Drapuk '''m'ra''' yosh.''
+: "Don't eat pork."(''lit.'' "Eat not pork.")
+In Strait dialects,
 ===Word derivation===
 ====Adjective form====