Standard negation (Surgut Khanty)

Sym: Standard negation is symmetric.


(1a) mač məŋ-ati jowət.

guest man we-dat arrive.pst.3sg

‘A guest has arrived to us.’ (L. N. K.)


(1b) mač məŋ-ati əntə jowət.

visitor man we-dat neg arrive.pst.3sg

‘We don’t have visitors.’ (L. N. K.)


Negative sentences only differ from affirmative sentences in a way that they entail the negative particle (әntә).

Author: 

Márta Csepregi