ndi-

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Prefix

ndi-

  1. the emphatic copula or focusing copula: expresses "it is" with an inflected object

Inflection

Emphatic copula forms:

Pronominals1s2s3s1p2p3p
Positive ndimi, ndiyendiwe, ndiyendiyendisi, ndiondinyi, ndiondio
Negative simi, siyesiwe, siyesiyesio, sisi*sinyi, siyosio
Classesc1c2/c3/c11/c14c4/c6/c9c5c7c8c10c15c16c17
Positive ndiyendiondiyondilondichondivyondizondikondipondimo
Negative siyesiosiyosilosichosivyosizosikosiposimo

* The form sisi "it is not us" is not frequently used as it is identical to the pronoun sisi "we", "us". Instead it is virtually always replaced with sio.

See also

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *ngi-.

Prefix

ndi-

  1. I; first-person singular subject concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *ngí-.

Prefix

ndi-

  1. me; first-person singular object concord.
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