Difference between revisions of "Negative paradigms"

Latest revision as of 01:28, 15 December 2012

In present tense, with no object marking:

Negation- proximal tense:
Gloss	Sereer	Gloss	Sereer
1SG I don't see	ga'iim	1PL We don't see	i nga'ee(r)
2SG You don't see	ga'iro'	2PL Ya'll don't see	nu nga'ee(r)
3SG S/he doesn't see	ga'ee(r)	3PL They don't see	nga'ee(r)

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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+In present tense, with no object marking:
+:{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid black;"
+|+ Negation- proximal tense:
+! Gloss !! Sereer !! Gloss !! Sereer
+|-
+| 1SG I don't see || ga'iim || 1PL We don't see || i nga'ee(r)
+|-
+| 2SG You don't see || ga'iro' || 2PL Ya'll don't see || nu nga'ee(r)
+|-
+| 3SG S/he doesn't see || ga'ee(r) || 3PL They don't see || nga'ee(r)
+|-
+|}<br>
 The following paradigms show predicate negation for various tenses, as well as 3sg object marking: