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**(with verbs in the indicative): places focus on the verb - e.g. ኒኜዴ ''ninyedde'' "I did walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I walked") | **(with verbs in the indicative): places focus on the verb - e.g. ኒኜዴ ''ninyedde'' "I did walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I walked") | ||
**(with verbs in the subjunctive): "that" - e.g. ኒኜዴ ''ninyeddé'' "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") | **(with verbs in the subjunctive): "that" - e.g. ኒኜዴ ''ninyeddé'' "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") | ||
*'''si-''' | *'''si-''' : negative counterpart of ''ni'' | ||
**(with nominals): negates and places focus on the nominal - e.g. ሲሚ አኜዴ ''<b>simí</b> anyédde.'' "<b>It is not I</b> who walked." (compare: ኒሚ አከኜዴ ''<b>nimí</b> akänyédde.'' "<b>It is I</b> who did not walk."; ሚኒ ከኜዴም ''míni känyéddem.'' "I did not walk." | **(with nominals): negates and places focus on the nominal - e.g. ሲሚ አኜዴ ''<b>simí</b> anyédde.'' "<b>It is not I</b> who walked." (compare: ኒሚ አከኜዴ ''<b>nimí</b> akänyédde.'' "<b>It is I</b> 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. ሲኜዴ ''sinyedde'' "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. ሲኜዴ ''sinyedde'' "I did not walk" (i.e. "(it is true) that I did not walk") | ||