Difference between revisions of "Negative paradigms"

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The 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

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 The following paradigms show predicate negation for various tenses, as well as 3sg object marking:
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 |+ Negation- past tense:
 ! Gloss !! Sereer !! Gloss !! Sereer
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 | 3sg- 'he didn't see her' || ga' 'iraan || 3pl- 'they didn't see him' || nga' 'iraan
 |-
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-{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid black;"
+:{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid black;"
 |+ Negation- proximal tense:
 ! Gloss !! Sereer !! Gloss !! Sereer
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 | 3sg- 'he doesn't see her' || ga'iraan || 3pl- 'they don't see him' || nga'iraan
 |-
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+|}<br>
-{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid black;"
+:{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid black;"
 |+ Negation- future tense:
 ! Gloss !! Sereer !! Gloss !! Sereer