1.3.6.1. Manual negation

The common negative marker not can be used in imperatives as well.

      

       feed^not
       ‘Do not feed it!’

 

An alternative and common way of forming negative commands is using a negated do together with the lexical verb.

 

 

                                                                                                                             ht-b

food                           feed                                                         do        ^          not

‘Do not feed it!’                                                           

                                                                                               (r.f. Özsoy et al 2015: 10)