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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

So the verb has a negative declension, or is it just some kind of conjunction that negates the verb?

It's so long since I used declension that I honestly can't remember it's use but you repeat the verb but in the positive or negative form and there are differences if that makes sense?

Like "Do you understand?" is "I understand" and "I do not understand" is a little different.

I'm teaching my youngest lad Irish and I'll regularly ask him "An dtuigeann tú" (on diggin too) and he'll respond with "tuigim" ("tig-im" - "I understand" (which is strictly a contraction)).

edit: The negative would be "Ní thuigim" which we would pronounce as "nee higim" (I do not understand) so there's a definite change in the word for the negative.

edit 2: The answers to "were you?" would be bhí mé "vee may" (I was) and Ní raimh mé "nee r-ow may" (I was not) so it is quite different to answer in the positive or negative.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This is a better response than I could have hoped for; consider my curiosity sated, and I am now fascinated. Thank you for sharing this.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

You're very welcome :)