Note the dropping of the initial vowel after the negative: Andi I talk - ndiyathetha I am not talking - andithethi I talk Xhosa - ndithetha isiXhosa I don’t talk Xhosa - andithethi siXhosa Awu-/ You are learning - uyafunda aku- You are not learning -awufundi You are learning Xhosa - ufunda isiXhosa You aren’t learning Xhosa - awufundi siXhosa
Aka- She sees - uyabona She doesn’t see - akaboni She sees people - ubona abantu She doesn’t see the people - akaboni bantu Asi- We understand - siyaqonda We don’t understand - asiqondi We understand the teacher - siqonda ititshala We don’t understand the teacher - asiqondi t.. Ani- You (pl) are helping - niyanceda You are not helping - anincedi You (pl) help the lady - ninceda inkosikazi You aren’t helping the lady - anincedi nkosikaz Aba- They are looking - bayajonga They are not looking - abajongi They look over there - bajonga phaya They aren’t looking there - abajongi phaya
