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# ''Hambin watta'ušnaru'' ("There was no one who hit him", not "There was no one whom he hit", which represents the expected S/O pivot). This ''Wa''-structure is called the ''Absolute Negative Existential'' construction. | # ''Hambin watta'ušnaru'' ("There was no one who hit him", not "There was no one whom he hit", which represents the expected S/O pivot). This ''Wa''-structure is called the ''Absolute Negative Existential'' construction. | ||
Minhast has an emphatic form ''hattāsi''/''huttāsi'', which is usually translated as "never". This particle licenses the Irrealis ''-š-'' verbal conjugation, e.g. ''Huttāsi Magastāran | Minhast has an emphatic form ''hattāsi''/''huttāsi''/hittāsi, which is usually translated as "never". This particle licenses both negative concord and the Irrealis ''-š-'' verbal conjugation, e.g. ''Huttāsi Magastāran takneknenessā-š-kilmakš!'' "I will never go to Magastan!", or ''Hittāsi Kaslub min Kirmastim tuhurtirikte takalluttuħrekara-š'' "I have never eaten Dog Speaker food!" | ||
=== Conjunctions and Connectives=== | === Conjunctions and Connectives=== | ||