3-03 The Negatives

Negatives [3] I go or I am going - ndiyahambaI don’t go, or I am not going - andihambi• The basic rule is that any positive, present tense verb endswith 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 - ndiyaqondaI don’t understand - andiqondiYou like - uyathandaYou don’t like - awuthandi / akuthandiHe is pleased - uyavuyaHe is not pleased - akavuyiWe are listening - siyamamelaWe aren’t listening - asimameliYou (pl) are talking - niyathethaYou (pl) aren’t talking - anithethiThey are trying - bayazamaThey are not trying - abazami    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