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Conlangery #44: Negation

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How to Negate a Participle Is Mixed

There's the normal Nott which is used everywhere except an imperative and then we have a separate negative for imperatives except that was glossed as don't. So you could have something like that but have them overlap just a little bit. Chinese also has mayo. This sort of asymmetry in different kinds of negation in different circumstances of tense aspect moods are actually surprisingly common. There are entire walls chapters about this very issue if you wish to investigate.

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