Negation in swahili

 

How to Negate in Swahili

English Negation	Swahili Negation
Negation	kukubaliana
he is not here	hako hapa
that is not my book	hicho si kitabu changu
do not enter	usiingie

English Negation	Swahili Negation
I don't speak	sisemi
I don't write	siandiki
I don't drive	siendeshi
I don't love	sependi
I don't give	siwezi kupeana
I don't smile	sitabsamu
I don't take	sichukui
he doesn't speak	haongei
he doesn't write	haandiki
he doesn't drive	haendeshi
he doesn't love	hapendi
he doesn't give	hapeani
he doesn't smile	hatabasamu
he doesn't take	hachukui
we don't speak	hatusemi
we don't write	hatuandiki
we don't drive	hatuendeshi
we don't love	hatupendi
we don't give	hatuwezi kutoa
we don't smile	hatutabasamu
we don't take	hatuchukui

Subject Prefix (S)

When negating verbs, we modify our subject prefixes in the following way:

Subject	Affirmative Prefix	Negative Prefix
Mimi	Ni-	Si-
Wewe	U-	Hu-
Yeye	A-	Ha-
Sisi	Tu-	Hatu-
Ninyi	M-	Ham-
Wao	Wa-	Hawa-
Noun class 1	A-	Ha-
Noun class 2	Wa-	Hawa-
Noun class 3	U-	Hau-
Noun class 4	I-	Hai-
Noun class 5	Li-	Hali-
Noun class 6	Ya-	Haya-
Noun class 7	Ki-	Haki-
Noun class 8	Vi-	Havi-
Noun class 9	I-	Hai-
Noun class 10	Zi-	Hazi-
Noun class 11	U-	Hau-
Noun class 14	U-	Hau-

Tense Marker (T)

Tense	Affirmative Marker	Negative Marker
Present	-na-	-(-)-
Simple Past	-li-	-ku-
Past Perfect	-me-	-ja-
Future	-ta-	-ta-