NegationType: negation type
| Values: | Contrastive |
Contrastive negation is used in Erzya to negate clauses and phrases, it can occur in virtually all statements and commands:
Contrastive: contrastive negation
Note that there is no NonContrastive value. If the word is not Contrastive, the
NegationType feature will just not be mentioned in the FEAT
column. (Which means that empty value has the No meaning.)
Examples
- [myv]Аволь авардть, тейть мезеяк! “Don’t cry, do something!”
- [myv]Иля аварде! _ “Don’t cry!”
- [myv]Аволь морась, пижнесь пиже-ожо вайгельсэ. “He didn’t sing, he screamed bloody murder.”
- [myv]Эзь мора концертсэ _ “he didn’t sing at the concert.”
- [myv]Аволь эзь мора, пижнесь пиже-ожо вайгельсэ. “It isn’t that he didn’t sing, he screamed bloody murder.”
- [myv]Эзь мора, пижнесь пиже-ожо вайгельсэ. “He didn’t sing, he screamed bloody murder.”
NegationType in other languages: [myv]