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270 CATALOGO RAZO}IADO IH : LA SI<;CU IÓN Lll\GÜÍST ICA
are give by helemen, tbe interrogative forrn of tl1e sam e verb.
Helesheen lee merie, there is water over t here.
B elesheen yenoi monee, tbere is firewood yoncler.
Heleshcen nai¿ mfrc¿icer, tbere are gnanacoes there about.
Jieleshcen cwenic cenocer, there are ostriches on that side.
Interrogatively:
H elemen lee meric? is there wa,ter over there '/
H elemen yei¿ monee? is there snow yoncler~
H elemenjwwrsh mirai ? are there -pumas tbere "I
H elemen hoy·i,¿e cenocer ? are there any ostriches on that sille 1
vVhen t here is a worcl to qualify the noun, a,¡; for instance,
little, rnuch, etc., heleshcen (or lielemen, the interroga.t ive form)
is omitted, ai1cl tbe vcrb form ing a.ffixes shcen or menare joined
to the qua.lifying word, v iz. Seimic, mnch, many.
Seushcen 7wlmen there is much flour i11 that (bay).
Seiishcen hainin nane, there is muclt water here.
Seushcen yini 7cono haiw, there are many shi-ps on the sea.
Semnén yeper, ycmz, is there much meat, tobacco ~
Sewnen emvoi inrmric, are there mauy horses that 1vay '?
The negative forms « tbere is no, not, there are no, not », are
rende.red by gonvshce, v iz.
Gomshce lec (yenoi, .i¡eper), there is no water (woocl, meat).
Gomshce na1n (cwenic, zoi), there are no 0·1rnnacoes (ostriches,
cattle).
Gom¡;/ice lcelme'll (as nga.r) sezm, there is not much tlour (sugar).
Gomshcc shcwieniie ¡;e1w, there are not many clogs.
Gomshce cenon sezm, there are not many persons.
He, she or it is not, _r¡onieshce.
Gome.~hce yanao or ywnco gomeshce, my father is not.
Gonieshce man or mcm _r¡om.eshce, thy mother is not.
01mnmo meno (rleno), w ltere is thy friend (bisor !ter friei1cl).
aomeshce, 11 e or shc is 11ot.
,Joynd //l a vnilce11, le]l(l me lrnife.