Editing Double negative (section)

==Welsh==
In spoken [[Welsh language|Welsh]], the word '''{{lang|cy|ddim}}''' (not) often occurs with a prefixed or [[Consonant mutation|mutated]] verb form that is negative in meaning: {{lang|cy|Dydy hi ddim yma}} (word-for-word, "Not-is she not here") expresses "She is not here" and {{lang|cy|Chaiff Aled ddim mynd}} (word-for-word, "Not-will-get Aled not go") expresses "Aled is not allowed to go".

Negative correlatives can also occur with already negative verb forms. In literary Welsh, the mutated verb form is caused by an initial negative particle, '''{{lang|cy|ni}}''' or '''{{lang|cy|nid}}'''.  The particle is usually omitted in speech but the mutation remains: {{lang|cy|[Ni] wyddai neb}} (word-for-word, "[Not] not-knew nobody") means "Nobody knew" and {{lang|cy|[Ni] chaiff Aled fawr o bres}} (word-for-word, "[Not] not-will-get Aled lots of money") means "Aled will not get much money". This is not usually regarded as three negative markers, however, because the negative mutation is really just an effect of the initial particle on the following word.<ref>
{{cite book
 | last = Borsley
 | first = Robert |author2=Tallerman, M |author3=Willis, D
 | title = The Syntax of Welsh
 | chapter = 7. Syntax and mutation
 | publisher = Cambridge University Press
 | year = 2007
 | isbn = 978-0-521-83630-2}}
</ref>