7,027
edits
Kola: Difference between revisions
→Prefixes
| Line 968: | Line 968: | ||
**Can be used for necessative (must, should), often in combination with the applicative - e.g. ኒኜዴ (ዪኝዋለ) ''ninyeddé (yinywálä)'' "I must walk" (literally: "(there is on me) that I walk") | **Can be used for necessative (must, should), often in combination with the applicative - e.g. ኒኜዴ (ዪኝዋለ) ''ninyeddé (yinywálä)'' "I must walk" (literally: "(there is on me) that I walk") | ||
*''ni-'' (with indicative): places focus on verb - e.g. ኒኜዴ ''ninyedde'' "I did walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I walked") | *''ni-'' (with indicative): places focus on verb - e.g. ኒኜዴ ''ninyedde'' "I did walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I walked") | ||
*''si-'': negative counterpart of ''ni-'' - e.g. ሲኜዴ ''sinyeddé'' "that I | *''si-'': negative counterpart of ''ni-'' - e.g. ሲኜዴ ''sinyeddé'' "that I not walk", ሲኜዴ (ዪኝዋለ) ''sinyeddé (yinywálä)'' "I must not walk", ሲኜዴ ''sinyedde'' "I did not walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I did not walk") | ||
*''kä-'': primary negation prefix | *''kä-'': primary negation prefix | ||
*''bä-'': "when, if; because" | *''bä-'': "when, if; because" | ||