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syntax_absence [2024/08/03 16:32] – [Expressions of absence] morgothsyntax_absence [2024/08/03 16:37] (current) – 5th variant added morgoth
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 Example 2((combined with variant 3)): "__Nar__ bal__ob__ fisha" = "There is no power with you!" Example 2((combined with variant 3)): "__Nar__ bal__ob__ fisha" = "There is no power with you!"
  
 +===== 5. Short colloquial form =====
 +The 4th form may be further reduced colloquially in short sentences. Just use the noun in default form and the particle "nar" as separate word: "There is no light": "Ghâzh nar" (literally "no light").
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 <wrap info> </wrap>\_Please note, that English impersonal expressions of prohibition like "No way!" or "No smoking!" do not mean absence and are translated differently: "no way" = "nararz"((this is not how)) = "nardabhaga"((not allowed)), "no smoking" = "trim nardabhaga"((smoke is not allowed)). <wrap info> </wrap>\_Please note, that English impersonal expressions of prohibition like "No way!" or "No smoking!" do not mean absence and are translated differently: "no way" = "nararz"((this is not how)) = "nardabhaga"((not allowed)), "no smoking" = "trim nardabhaga"((smoke is not allowed)).
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