Polarity: whether the word can be or is negated
Polarity
Polarity is typically a feature of verbs, adjectives, sometimes also adverbs and nouns in languages that negate by means of bound morphemes.
Ιn Pomak the feature Polarity=Neg is assigned to negative particles such as na/ne/ni , namój / namójte , néma
the verbs némom, ništóm
and, the detering imperative verb forms.
Neg: negative
Examples
- na barzáj, ráno sí je “do not hurry, it is still early”
- na dumíj mú kugána brají, še go abórkaš “do not speak while he counts, you will confuse him”
- na sedáj na zemǿto, mókro je “do not sit on the ground, it is wet”
- na séštom tí so ní kaná “I do not understand anything of what your are talking about”
- na trǽbava tí drug za inózi rábato “you do not need anyone else for that job”
- namój mó nagadá da so smøm “do not make me laugh”
- namójte bra kahóra, síčkono še stáne kákna trǽbava “do not worry, everything will be as it must be done”
- ne danóseno déte “seven-months baby / early born child”
- ne dazrǽt damatís “not fully ripe tomato”
- ne ja, ty trǽbava da so čúdiš kaná še práviš “not me, it is you who should be thinking what you will do”
- ne koláj rábata “not an easy task”
- ne mlæt misír “a not ground maize”
- ne mí je húbavo itúzi “I do not like it here”
- ne padpísany kinígy “not signed documents”
- ne rádano déte unborn child”
- ne, jéšte som ne hódil “no, I have not gone yet”
- ništóm go itózek kitápe “I do not want that book”
- néma da hódem ní kadé útre “I will not go anywhere tomorrow”
- néma da tí stáne ní kaná akú pamógneš i ty málko “nothing will happen to you, if you will help a little”
- némom sí húbavo kúče “I do not have a good dog”
- némot vréme za muhabéte “they do not have time for debating”
- itazí go ní kutrí ništé izværavá “no one would believe this”
Polarity in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [el] [en] [es] [et] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gub] [hy] [jaa] [ky] [pcm] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tn] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urj] [xcl]