Negative Complements
Use of ci’u ゆい no one to fill the object argument in a sentence is avoided where possible, thus verbs have a negative complement, i.e.: a syntactically positive word with a semantically negative meaning.
Lulanaku ju’i sisa.
。をわなくよいせさ。
monarch-aug link nudity.
lit. “The emperor is wearing nudity.”
“The emperor isn’t wearing anything.”
These complements can form compounds with the noun.
“The Sun is alone.”
When using such an object, the sentence can use either positive or negative auxiliaries without changing the meaning.
ʔi sajja funi! / ʔi sajja lanu!
。いさっぢわぬ。いさっぢふに。
’i sajja funi! / ’i sajja lanu!
speak silence fut;neg! / speak silence fut;dyn!
lit. “Speak silence!”
“Be quiet!”