3-04 More Negative Examples
More examples [4] Note the dropping of the initial vowel after the negative:Andi I talk - ndiyathethaI am not talking - andithethiI talk Xhosa - ndithetha isiXhosaI don’t talk Xhosa - andithethi siXhosaAwu-/ You are learning - uyafundaaku- You are not learning -awufundiYou are learning Xhosa - ufunda isiXhosaYou aren’t learning Xhosa - awufundi siXhosa Aka- She sees - uyabonaShe doesn’t see - akaboniShe sees people - ubona abantuShe doesn’t see the people - akaboni bantuAsi- We understand - siyaqondaWe don’t understand - asiqondiWe understand the teacher - siqonda ititshalaWe don’t understand the teacher - asiqondi t..Ani- You (pl) are helping - niyancedaYou are not helping - anincediYou (pl) help the lady - ninceda inkosikaziYou aren’t helping the lady - anincedi nkosikazAba- They are looking - bayajongaThey are not looking - abajongiThey look over there - bajonga phayaThey aren’t looking there - abajongi phaya UBuntu Bridge has been teaching Xhosa since 2006, there are various products, learning services and tools at : https://www.learnxhosaonline.com/store #ubuntu #learnxhosa #xhosa #xhosalanguage #isiXhosa