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não áhá vinho
ã
ã tenho ófósforos
nowng a veen-yoo
nowng tayn-yoo foshfooroosh
I’ve no matches
there’s no wine não
To say ‘not him’, ‘not her’ etc, just use the personal pronoun
followed by não:
nós, não ela, não eu, não
noJ nowng ehla nowng ay-oo nowng
not us not her not me
Imperative
The imperative form of the verb is used to give commands. To
form the imperative, remove the -ar, -er or r -ir from the infinir -
tive and add these endings:
tu você vocês
amar to love ama am-e am-em
ama ami amayng
HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
comer to eat come com-a com-am
N
kohm kohma kohmowng
partir to leave parte part-a part-am
part parta partowng
Verbs
coma devagar
kohma divagar
eat slowly
When you are telling someone not to do something, use the
forms above and place não in front of the verb:
não me interrompa, por favor não beba álcool!
nowng mintirrohmpa poor favohr nowng bayba alko-ol
don’t interrupt me, please don’t drink alcohol!
não venha esta noite
nowng vayn-ya ehshta noh-it
don’t come tonight

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