kat cuwitpotu, kat cipotu

particle

it should not be; it had better not be

Notes

(sometimes considered as verb ii 16; note use of positive verb forms; see cuwitpot; see also cipotu)

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
Kat cuwitpotuhpon ntamkanehpon.	I shouldn't have run in the election.
Kat cipotu nit kilun ktolomolsultinen.	We shouldn't feel that way.
Kat cuwitpotu-op yaq nipuwinenuhpon.	They tell me that we shouldn't have gotten married.
Kat cuwitpotu 'peciyanehpon not ehpit.	That woman should not have come here.
Kat cuwitpotu nit kil ktahcuwi-oluhkan.	You shouldn't have to do that.
Nkotomakitahama, kenuk kat cuwitpotu nit 'kehsihpinehpon.	I feel sorry for him, but he shouldn't have eaten so much. (JAN)