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

I.e. "I don't go", "I'm not going," "I won't go," "I didn't go"

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+The following paradigms show predicate negation for various tenses, as well as 3sg object marking:
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+{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid black;"
+|+ 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
+|-
+|}
+{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid black;"
+|+ 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
+|-
+|}
+{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid black;"
+|+ 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
+|-
+|}
 ==Matrix-Clause Negatives==