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Double negatives exist in English, but their usage is considered grammatically improper. In Zekaiseivarsei, however, double negatives can properly be used for emphasis. zih ame zu zist Zih and zist are both negatives, so logically they should cancel each other out, but in Zekaiseivarsei, they do not. Instead, they form a hypernegative. The sentence literally translates to "not I love you nothing" (or "I do not love you nothing"). In Zekaiseivarseivarsei, though, it means "I don't love you at all."

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