577

Pisaga.sti yasta ni.kama.cha.fi.s yati.tayna.ti.
partridge ~ how know 333

RIK

"And then the partridge didn't know what to do.'

jani occurs in several derived forms: jan.ja~
jan.jama 'I don't think so' (literally ‘like no'), with
the noun/independent suffix -jama; jani.ra ~ jani.ray
(the second from Sitajara) ‘not yet'; jani.kucha ‘better
not' and jan. kucha!4 ‘or if not'; and jani.ch ‘isn't
that so?' (with -cha alternate question suffix). One
form that occurred only in Calacala was jana: ‘isn't

that so?'.
7-4.51 Negation of basic sentences

Basic sentences were discussed in 7-3. The
basic negative statement (Hardman et al. 1975:3.432)
consists of jani plus -wa absolute; -ti sentence suffix
where -wa would be in an affirmative sentence; and

-xa optionally on other words in the sentence. Example:

T'ant'a.x jani.w ut.j.k.i.ti. 'There is no bread.'
bread exist 3+3 (La Paz/Compi)
S

A basic negative statement may be changed to a negative
yes/no question by removing the -wa on jani and replacing

it by the -ti from the verb, as follows: