4. SYNTAX
- ]sao hr raoja, Saraba nahIM pInaI caaihe.
use har roz šara:b nahĩ: pi:ni: ca:hiye.
he every day liquor neg drink should
He should not drink (liquor) daily.
In sentences (5) and (6), the negated constituents are stressed by
stressing the adverbs.
The negative marker follows the negated constituent.
- vah Gar nahIM gayaa vah Asptala gayaa.
vah ghar nahĩ: gaya:, vah aspata:l gaya:.
he home neg went he hospital went
He did not go home; he went to the hospital.
7a. vah Gar nahIM gayaa Asptala gayaa.
vah ghar nahĩ: gaya:, aspata:l gaya:.
The negative constituent is also expressed by the use of the negative
markers isavaa siva: except and ibanaa bina: without added after the main
verbs as given below.
- vah Kanaa Kae ibanaa kalaoja gayaa.
vah kha:na: kha:ye bina: ka:lej gaya:.
he food eat without college went
He went to college without eating. - ]maa ko isavaa saaro samaya pr Aae.
uma: ke siva: sa:re samay par a:ye.
Uma gen without all time on came
All came on time except Uma.
In sentences (7) and (8), the negative markers cannot be replaced by
nahIM nahĩ:.
The indefinite markers kao[- koi: ‘someone’ and kuC kuch ‘something’
and the question words khIM BaI kahĩ: bhi: ‘anywhere’ and kBaI BaI kabhi:
bhi: ‘ever’ are also used with negative constituents.