chailah    chai•lah    ᙠᐉᘧᑋ    V

he is not

 

Among other uses, this is often used to make periphrastic negatives of other verbs.


[∅-lah]  Imperfective Negative

cha i Ø lah
ADV REST PObj P Curs N Neg Obj Sₒ Con WHq Dq Nq Sq Inc Neg Mod Asp Sᵢ Valence Stem
19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Stem
Disjunct Zone Conjunct Zone Valence Stem

Examples


(1)
'Etusdachailah.
therehe is sittinghe is not
He is not sitting there.
 

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(2)
'Ethuzkechailah.
therethey (2) are sittingit is not
They are not sitting there.
 

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(3)
Untsunchailah.
it is dirtyit is not
It is not dirty.
 

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Related Words:   State and Change of State


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