Navajo
Adverb
tʼáadoo
- do not, did not, without
- tʼáadoo baa nanináhí! — leave it alone!; don’t do that!
- tʼáadoo hazhóʼó — poorly (done); not very well; haphazardly
Usage notes
Depending on the verb, this negative adverb usually precedes the subject, object, and verb, and it causes the verb to be nominalized.
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