Yakan - ga'

ga'

gā'

No; not; none.

It negates existential clauses, completed action clauses, and expressions with ‘not yet’ ga' pe. If it occurs in isolation the vowel is lengthened.

Ga' niya' buwas? Gā'.

Is there no rice? No (or none).

Ga' pe palabey eriplenuhin.

The airplane has not yet come by.

Ga' ku kabelli delos pegge' ga' niya' sīnku.

I was not able to buy a watch because I had no money.

Ga' pe iye tekka? Ga'.

Has he not come yet? No.

ga'i duma'in

manggā'1

The one who has not or did not.

The stress is on the last syllable. (Some people also use manggā' instead of bang ga' ‘if not’. See manggā'|d3.)

Me' a'a mangga' niya' sīnnen, ka'ase'-ase' te'ed.

The people who have no money are really to be pitied.

The people who don’t have (anything) are really pitiful.

Si Dende manggā' manginduk bohe'in.

Dende is the one who did not draw water.

manggā'2

Nothing, as if nothing...

It always occurs together with kuwe' ‘as if’ followed by si ‘to’.

If someone tells him something it is like nothing to him.

It is as if she is lacking nothing, and what do you know? It is not so! She is in great need.

Kuwe' manggā' niya' goyak si kappal mahadjehin.

Waves are like nothing to a big boat. (lit. As if none there is wave to boat the big one.)

manggā'3

If (there is) none...

Manggā' niya' sīnbi nambi dahu' ka'am si me' a'a maniya' sīnnen. (Bang ga' niya'...)

If you have no money borrow some first from those who have money.

Manggā' niya' si iye niya' si aku. (Bang ga' niya' si iye niya' si aku.)

If he does not have it, I have it.

manggā'-gā'

To act unconcerned, act as if nothing mattered.

It always occurs with kuwe'.

Hap Isabela kite duwangan bu dembuwa'in kuwe' manggā'-gā' hadja bisan du magdali'-dali' ilengnganin.

The two of us are going to Isabela but the one acts as if nothing matters even though there is reason to go fast.

Bang niya' hinangne, ningkolo'-ningkolo' hadja iye kuwe' manggā'-gā'.

When she has work, she just sits there acting as if nothing matters.

Bisan du niya' magbono' si bihingne kuwe' iye manggā'-gā'.

Even if there is fighting right next to him he is unconcerned.

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