Editing Choctaw language (section)

=====Negatives=====
The set of agreement markers labelled N above is used with negatives.<ref>Broadwell (2006:148-152)</ref> Negation is multiply marked, requiring that an agreement marker from the N set replace the ordinary I agreement, the verb appear in the lengthened grade (see discussion below), and that the suffix /-o(k)-/ follow the verb, with deletion of the preceding final vowel. The optional suffix /-kii/ may be added after /-o(k)-/. Consider the following example:

{{interlinear
| lang = cho
| indent = 2
| top = {{lang|cho|Akiiyokiittook.}}|Ak- iiya -o -kii -ttook|1S.N- go{{angbr|{{gcl|LGR|l-grade}}}} -NEG -NEG -DPAST|'I did not go.'
}}

Compare this with the affirmative counterpart:

{{interlinear
| lang = cho
| indent = 2
| top = {{lang|cho|Iyalittook.}}|Iya -li -ttook.|go -1S.I -DPAST|'I went'.
}}

To make this example negative, the 1sI suffix /-li/ is replaced by the 1sN prefix /ak-/; the verb root ''iya'' is lengthened and accented to yield ''íiya''; the suffix /-o/ is added, the final vowel of ''iiya'' is deleted, and the suffix /-kii/ is added.