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**(with nominals): places focus on the nominal - e.g. ንሚ ኛዬዴ ''<b>nïmí</b> nyayédde.'' "<b>It is I</b> who walked." (compare: ሚኒ ኜዴ ''míni nyédde.'' "I walked.") | **(with nominals): places focus on the nominal - e.g. ንሚ ኛዬዴ ''<b>nïmí</b> nyayédde.'' "<b>It is I</b> who walked." (compare: ሚኒ ኜዴ ''míni nyédde.'' "I walked.") | ||
**(with verbs in the indicative): places focus on the verb - e.g. ንኜዴ ''nïnyedde'' "I did walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I walked") | **(with verbs in the indicative): places focus on the verb - e.g. ንኜዴ ''nïnyedde'' "I did walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I walked") | ||
**(with verbs in the subjunctive): "that" - e.g. ንኜዴ ''nïnyeddé'' "that I walk". Can be used for necessative (must, should), often in combination with the applicative - e.g. ንኜዴ (ዪኝዋለ) ''nïnyeddé (yinywálä)'' "I must walk" (literally: "(there is on me) that I walk") | **(with verbs in the subjunctive): "that" - e.g. ንኜዴ ''nïnyeddé'' "that I walk". Can be used for necessative (must, should), often in combination with the applicative of the copula - e.g. ንኜዴ (ዪኝዋለ) ''nïnyeddé (yinywálä)'' "I must walk" (literally: "(there is on me) that I walk") | ||
*'''sï-''' : negative counterpart of ''nï-'' | *'''sï-''' : negative counterpart of ''nï-'' | ||
**(with nominals): negates and places focus on the nominal - e.g. ስሚ ኛዬዴ ''<b>sïmí</b> nyayédde.'' "<b>It is not I</b> who walked." (compare: ንሚ ኛየሴዴ ''nïmí nyayasédde.'' "It is I who did not walk."; ሚኒ ከኜዴም ''míni känyéddem.'' "I did not walk.") | **(with nominals): negates and places focus on the nominal - e.g. ስሚ ኛዬዴ ''<b>sïmí</b> nyayédde.'' "<b>It is not I</b> who walked." (compare: ንሚ ኛየሴዴ ''nïmí nyayasédde.'' "It is I who did not walk."; ሚኒ ከኜዴም ''míni känyéddem.'' "I did not walk.") | ||
**(with verbs in the indicative): negates and places focus on the verb - e.g. ስኜዴ ''sïnyédde'' "I did not walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I did not walk") | **(with verbs in the indicative): negates and places focus on the verb - e.g. ስኜዴ ''sïnyédde'' "I did not walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I did not walk") | ||
**(with verbs in the subjunctive): "that not" - e.g. ስኜዴ ''sïnyeddé'' "that I do not walk". Can be used for negative necessative (must not, should not), often in combination with the applicative - e.g. ስኜዴ (ዪኝዋለ) ''sïnyeddé (yinywálä)'' "I must not walk" (literally: "(there is on me) that I do not walk") | **(with verbs in the subjunctive): "that not" - e.g. ስኜዴ ''sïnyeddé'' "that I do not walk". Can be used for negative necessative (must not, should not), often in combination with the applicative of the copula - e.g. ስኜዴ (ዪኝዋለ) ''sïnyeddé (yinywálä)'' "I must not walk" (literally: "(there is on me) that I do not walk") | ||
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