Yakan - ga'i

ga'i

No; not.

Negative particle in adjectival expressions and verbal incomplete action clauses. Also used in expressions like ‘no longer’ ga'i ne.

Ga'i tahinangku.

I am not able to do it.

Ga'i ku sinna si iyan.

I am not happy with that. (I do not like that.)

I am not bold.

Mangan kew inin! Ga'i ku.

Eat this! No! (I won’t or I will not.)

He is no longer here.

mangga'i, manggey

The one who doesn’t (do s.t.).

The verb following is nominalized with maN- -hin.

Sine manggey manuhutin?

Who is the one who isn’t coming along?

Si Dende mangga'i manginduk bohe'in.

Dende is the one who doesn’t draw water.

Me' a'a mangga'i mamanganin sudda matey.

People who don’t eat will eventually die.

mangga'i, bang ga'i

If not... (used with verbs).

Some speakers make the morphophonemic change to mangga'i here.

Mangga'i (Bang ga'i) kew nuhut kuwe'itu paturul sa' kew.

If you don’t come along now, follow later.

ga' da'a duma'in