Download coordinates as: Adzera (also spelled Atzera, Azera, Atsera, Acira) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 30,000 people in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
In the Amari dialect, palato-alveolar affricates /tʃ, ⁿtʃ/ and dʒ, ⁿdʒ are heard as only alveolar sounds [ts, ⁿts] and [dz, ⁿdz].
[5] For example: ImaʔNEGDzi1SGi-REALbuginnot.likebiskitbiscuitImaʔ Dzi i- bugin biskitNEG 1SG REAL not.like biscuitNo, I do not like biscuits.
[6] For example: dzi1SGanuŋʔ-NEGi-REALsaŋʔbe.enoughrimhelp-aPTCPu2SGsibCOMPuNEGdzi anuŋʔ- i- saŋʔ rim -a u sib u1SG NEG REAL be.enough help PTCP 2SG COMP NEGI am not able to help you.
[6]However, for verbs in the imperative or hortative forms, which take a prefix wa- or na- respectively, the negative is achieved by replacing their respective prefixes with a negative form ma- followed at the end of the sentence by a compulsory particle maʔ.
[8] muŋʔ ugua.long.time.agodaTIMEsagatwomananuŋʔ-NEGi-REALgaeatwaslimedaandi-REALishitpauʔtobaccouNEG{muŋʔ ugu} da sagat anuŋʔ- i- ga was da i- is pauʔ ua.long.time.ago TIME woman NEG REAL eat lime and REAL hit tobacco NEGA long time ago, women neither chewed betel nut nor smoked tobacco.
There is also a preference toward forming negative sentences in the future tense with an auxiliary verb saŋʔ 'be able, be enough' before the main verb of the sentence, suggesting a reluctance toward making negative statements about the future.