Forming a negative නොවන යන අර්ථ ගොඩ නැගීම

In the simple present tense, negative and question forms are made using the auxiliary verb "do". Following are the rules.

Negatives in the simple present are formed by adding don't or doesn't before the simple form of the verb:

නැත/නොවන/නොවේ යන අර්ථ ගොඩ නැගීමේදී සාමාන්‍ය වර්ථමාන කාලයේදී "do" යන උපකාර පදයේ නැත යන අර්ථය දනවන don't or doesn't යන පද ක්‍රියාවට ඉදිරියෙන් භාවිතා කෙරේ. පහත දැකිවෙන් එම රීතීන්ය.

Subject	Auxiliary	Example
I	don't	I don't sing
You	don't	You don't sing
He	doesn't	He doesn't sing
She	doesn't	She doesn't sing
It	doesn't	It doesn't sing
We	don't	We don't sing
They	don't	They don't sing

In other words, only THIRD PERSON SINGULAR subjects (he, she and it) have DOESN'T -- the rest have DON'T. ඒක වචන තෙවන පාර්ශ්‍යවයකදී පමණක් භාවිතා කෙරේ.

Forming a yes/no question ඔව් නෑ ප්‍රශ්න සාදනය

Yes/no questions are also created using the auxiliary do. This time, the auxiliary is placed before the subject. මෙහිදී උප ක්‍රියාව කතෘ පෙර යෙදේ.

Subject	Auxiliary	Example
I	do	Do I sing?
You	do	Do you sing?
He	does	Does he sing?
She	does	Does she sing?
It	does	Does it sing?
We	do	Do we sing?
They	do	Do they sing?

Forming a WH- question කුමක්, කුමන, කවදා, ඇයි යන අර්ථ ගෙනෙන ප්‍රශ්න

WH- questions (using words such as "what", "when", "where" etc.) are also created by putting the auxiliary do before the subject.

Statement	Yes/no question	WH- question
I sing	Do I sing?	What do I sing?
You fight.	Do you fight?	Why do you fight?
He lives	Does he live?	Where does he live?

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