Re: Negation?

At 13:33 07/07/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> auxiliary negative, with the rough meaning of "to not do", and he's not
>> really asking for anything with the concept of not, if I understood
>> correctly.
>>
>> Nicole
>
>My language Hatas-Oa, the notes of which have been lost, had no negative
>forms.  To say, "don't shut the window!" you'd have to say "let the window
>remain open."  It required a strange sort of precision, actually.
>
>"Do you want somethiing to drink?"
>"I am satisfied."
>
>"Do you want some tea?"
>"I like coffee."
>
        Yeah!!!! That's exactly what I wanted to know about! That's exactly what I
want to do in Tj'a-ts'a~n.

>But most of that is lost, and what isn't lost I've turned into Hatasoe,
>which presently uses an adverb to negate the noun (though I'm thinking of
>turning it into an irregular auxiliary verb).
>
        Too bad :( ... Well, at least I'm not the first one to think of such a
feature, so I think I'm not totally mad :) .

>--Patrick
>
>
                                                        Christophe Grandsire
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