Negative paradigms
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe following paradigms show predicate negation for various tenses, as well as 3sg object marking:
Negation- past tense: Gloss Sereer Gloss Sereer 1sg- 'I didn't see him' ga' 'inum 1pl- 'we didn't see him' inga' 'iraan 2sg- 'you didn't see him' ga' 'ino' 2pl- 'you all didn't see him' nunga' 'iraan 3sg- 'he didn't see her' ga' 'iraan 3pl- 'they didn't see him' nga' 'iraan
Negation- proximal tense: Gloss Sereer Gloss Sereer 1sg- 'I don't see him' ga'eenum 1pl- 'we don't see him' inga'iraan 2sg- 'you don't see him' ga'ino' 2pl- 'you all don't see him' nunga'iraan 3sg- 'he doesn't see her' ga'iraan 3pl- 'they don't see him' nga'iraan
Negation- future tense: Gloss Sereer Gloss Sereer 1sg- 'I won't see him' ga'kinum 1pl- 'we won't see him' inga'kiraan 2sg- 'you won't see him' ga'kino' 2pl- 'you all won't see him' nunga'kiraan 3sg- 'he won't see her' ga'kiraan 3pl- 'they won't see him' nga'kiraan