Section Twenty - Part Four
Negatives

 

These are the negative forms involving you and me:

 

1-2 n/héíhoowunóóhobé3
1-2p n/héíhoowunóóhobe3ébe
2-1 héíhoowunóóhow
2p-1 héíhoowunóóhowúbe
1p-2 héíhoowunoohóbeé
1p-2p héíhoowunoohobéébe
2-1p héíhoowunóóhobéi'ee
2p-1p héíhoowunóóhobéi'éébe

 

And the third and fourth person forms:

 

  singular object plural object
1-3 néíhoowunoohówoo neihoowunoohówoono'
2-3 héíhoowunoohówoo heihoowunoohówoono'
3-4 hoowunoohóbee

same as sing.
1p-3 néíhoowunóóhowóóbe

same as sing.
12-3 héíhoowunoohówoon

same as sing.
2p-3 héíhoowunóóhowóóbe

same as sing.
3p-4 hoowunoohóbeeno'

same as sing.


  singular actor plural actor
3-1 néíhoowunoohóbe'

same as sing.
3-2 héíhoowunoohóbe'

same as sing.
4-3 hoowunoohóbe'

same as sing.
3-1p néíhoowunóóhobéibé

same as sing.
3-12 héíhoowunóóhobéin

same as sing.
3-2p héíhoowunóóhobéibé

same as sing.
4-3p hoowunoohóbei’i

same as sing.

 

Some negative examples are as follows (from Salzmann):

 

héíhoownoohobé3

I do not see you(sg).
héíhoowunoohobe3ébe

I do not see you(pl).
néíhoowunoohówoono'

I do not see them.
héíhoowunoohówoo

You(sg) do not see him/her.
héíhoowunoohóbeé

We do not see you.
héíhoowunoohóbe'

He does not see you.
héíhoowunoohobéibé

They/he do not see you(pl).

 

Some interrogative examples are as follows (from Salzmann):

 

koohónoohobé3

Do I see you?
koohéneyéi3éíh

Do you teach me?

 

 

No exercises are available for this section yet, but you can:

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