A’m no carin!

Shaetlan haes twa wyes o negatin sentences. Wi auxiliary verbs da verbal suffix -na negates da sentence (see da posst afore dis een). Wi lexical verbs da invariant negative word no is pitten afore da verb tae negate a sentence: A'm no sure, Du's no telt, He's no komin, We'r no heard yet, You'r no don it, Dey'r no bidin. Athin Standard English da negator (not) is da sam for baith auxiliary verbs an lexical verbs, but it can contract tae n't: I'm not sure, You've not said/You haven't said, He's not coming/He isn't coming, We haven't heard yet, You haven't done it, They're not staying/They aren't staying.

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Dunna!