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Jo! Potawtomi Negatives |
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| Jo | No/Not | |
| Jo wi | Not/No Way (emphatically) | |
| Jomamda | Not Possible | |
| Jo wika | Never | |
| Jo wika she | Never (emphatically) | |
| Jo weye | No one | |
| Jo gégo | Nothing | |
| Jomshe | Not yet | |
| Jo ngoji | No where | |
| Gégo | Don't/Stop | |
| Ne met se na | I don't know | |
| Ne met se na yédek | I really don't know | |
When using negative words in a sentence, you must be sure to form the verb correctly. Here are some examples:
| A: Gwi wisen ne? | Will you eat? (Do you want to eat?) |
| B: Cho, ngi gish wisen. | No, I already ate |
| A: Gwi wisen ne? | Will you eat? (Do you want to eat?) |
| B: Cho nwi wisnesi. | No, I will not eat (No, I do not want to eat) |
| A: Gwi wisen ne? | Do you want to eat? |
| B: Cho nwi wisnesi. Ngi wisen bwamshe ébyayan.. | No, I do not want to eat. I ate before I came. |
When the verb itself is negative, it should have a -si suffix.
Gégo! |
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Gego is a "prohibitive." It rarely appears in a sentence by itself. |
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| Gégo... | Don’t... | |
| Gégo moken | Don’t cry
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| Gégo zhechkéken i | Don’t do that
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| Gégo wisnéken i | Don’t eat that
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| Gégo mnekwéken i | Don’t drink that
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| Gégo gzhipken | Don’t scratch
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| Gégo bmeptoken | Don’t run
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| Gégo pegnoken i | Don’t throw that
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| Gégo zégzeken | Don’t be afraid
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| Gégo majiken | Don’t leave
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| Gégo bsegwiken | Don’t get up
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| Gégo jibdéken ibe/shote | Don’t sit there/here
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| Gégo shkadzeken | Don’t get angry
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| Gégo toyen i shote | Don’t put that here
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| Gégo wjandaken i | Don’t cook that
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| Gégo kigdoken | Don’t talk
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| Gégo bodwéken | Don’t make a fire
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| Gégo odankéken | Don’t go to town
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| Gégo dabyankéken | Don’t drive that car
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| Gégo pamséken shote | Don’t walk here
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| Gégo gwaskéoken shote | Don’t jump here
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| Gégo webiwéken | Don’t run away
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Gégo can mean more than just "don't".
| Cho gégo | Nothing |
| Jak gégo | Everything |
| Gégo shna ézhechkét | He/she is doing something |
| Gwi zhechkéken gégo ne pkonyak? | Are you doing anything tonight? |
