(Komi-Permyak)

NegV

NegV: The negative morpheme precedes the verb.

(1)sašaozmunvör-ö.
SashaNEG.PRS.3SGgo.CNGforestILL
‘Sasha is not going into the forest.’ (L. P.)

(2)enmun!
NEG.IMP.2SGgo.CNG
’Don’t go!’ (Ponomareva 2010: 203)

(3)nijaabulöśöt-ömaśpisńik-iśkaša.
theyNEGmakePST2.3PLmarsh_horsetailELAporridge
’They did not make marsh horsetail porridge.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak, the negative morpheme always precedes the verb, be it the negative verb of the language (1), the negative imperative verb (2) or the negative particle (3) used in the so-called non-witness past tense (cf. Lobanova 2017).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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