Negatives [3]

I go or I am going - ndiyahamba
I don’t go, or I am not going - andihambi
• The basic rule is that any positive, present tense verb ends
with an a.
• The a is replaced by an i at the end and moves to the front.
• The ya never exists in the negative.
I understand - ndiyaqonda
I don’t understand - andiqondi
You like - uyathanda
You don’t like - awuthandi / akuthandi
He is pleased - uyavuya
He is not pleased - akavuyi
We are listening - siyamamela
We aren’t listening - asimameli
You (pl) are talking - niyathetha
You (pl) aren’t talking - anithethi
They are trying - bayazama
They are not trying - abazami

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