Participles: Shoia, shoi-ing = saying.
Negative.
There are two negative particles:—lo and shu.
The first is used except in the conditional and the imperative, when the latter is used.
The particles are placed after the root except in the past tense, when they follow the tense termination.
| Ka kal lo = | I do not go. | ||
| Ka kal ta lo = | I did not go. | ||
| Ka kal lo vang = | I will not go |  | The “v”is inserted for sake of euphony. |
| Ka kal lo ve = | I do not go | ||
| Kal rawh = | Go. | ||
| Kal shu = | Don’t go. | ||
| Kal shu se = | Do not let him go. | ||
| Shoi shu u = | Do not say (plural). | ||
| Shoi shu i la = | If we do notsay. | ||
“Nem” and “nāng” are used as negative particles and intensify the meaning.
| Ka hre lo = | I don’t know. |
| Ka hre nem = | I don’t know. How should I? |
| Lal in a ka kal nāng = | I am not going to the chief’s house. Why should I be? |
Interrogative Particles.
These are as a rule placed at the end of a sentence. They are “em” and “em ni.”