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**(with verbs in the indicative): negates and places focus on the verb - e.g. ሲኜዴ ''sinyedde'' "I did not walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I did not walk") | **(with verbs in the indicative): negates and places focus on the verb - e.g. ሲኜዴ ''sinyedde'' "I did not walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I did not walk") | ||
**(with verbs in the subjunctive): "that not" - e.g. ሲኜዴ ''sinyeddé'' "that I not walk". Can be used for negative necessative (must not, should not), often in combination with the applicative - e.g. ሲኜዴ (ዪኝዋለ) ''sinyeddé (yinywálä)'' "I must not walk" (literally: "(there is on me) that I do not walk") | **(with verbs in the subjunctive): "that not" - e.g. ሲኜዴ ''sinyeddé'' "that I not walk". Can be used for negative necessative (must not, should not), often in combination with the applicative - e.g. ሲኜዴ (ዪኝዋለ) ''sinyeddé (yinywálä)'' "I must not walk" (literally: "(there is on me) that I do not walk") | ||
====Conjunctions==== | |||
*'''-nä''': "and" - joins components in a clause | |||
*'''na''': "and" - joins clauses | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||