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Multiple Poll: Tick each line that correctly describes your language.
Let's say all languages have at least the five cadinal parts of speech; nouns (N), verbs (V), adjectives (Adj), adverbs (Adv), and conjunctions (Conj). How does your mother tongue (or one of your native languages) express negation and nothingness in one words ?
English has the following nouns to express non-existence; nothing, none; verb expressing non-existence, 'lack, miss,' negating adjective 'no,' the negating adverbs 'not, never,' and the negating conjunction 'nor' and 'neither..nor.' Hence English 1-word expressions of negation can be expressed as the following.
N+ V+ Adj+ Adv+ Conj+
As for Chinese, noun ??, verb ??, adjective ??, adverb 不, ??, ??, ??, but no conjunction to express negation.
N+ V+ Adj+ Adv+ Conj-
As for Korean, there is no noun of non-existence, there is a verb 'obsta,' there is no adjective of negation, there is an adverb of negation 'an, ani,' but no negative conjunction.
N- V+ Adj- Adv+ Conj-
Here are some samples involving negation and nothingness.
Let's say all languages have at least the five cadinal parts of speech; nouns (N), verbs (V), adjectives (Adj), adverbs (Adv), and conjunctions (Conj). How does your mother tongue (or one of your native languages) express negation and nothingness in one words ?
English has the following nouns to express non-existence; nothing, none; verb expressing non-existence, 'lack, miss,' negating adjective 'no,' the negating adverbs 'not, never,' and the negating conjunction 'nor' and 'neither..nor.' Hence English 1-word expressions of negation can be expressed as the following.
N+ V+ Adj+ Adv+ Conj+
As for Chinese, noun ??, verb ??, adjective ??, adverb 不, ??, ??, ??, but no conjunction to express negation.
N+ V+ Adj+ Adv+ Conj-
As for Korean, there is no noun of non-existence, there is a verb 'obsta,' there is no adjective of negation, there is an adverb of negation 'an, ani,' but no negative conjunction.
N- V+ Adj- Adv+ Conj-
Here are some samples involving negation and nothingness.
den4 said:I know nothing...except the answer is 42. You know more than I do.
den4 said:I find it hard to maintain not knowing anything, but it is an acquired skill set.
Void said:Den4-san claims that he knows nothing. Isn`t it the same as "he does not know anything"?
In interrogative sentence anything stands for everything.
But to say so one at least should know what 'everything' and 'nothing' are.
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