"Usicheze sasa"

Translation: Do not play now

[James238684]

Why is the 'a' at the end of cheza replaced with an 'e'? shouldn't it either stay as an 'a' or become an 'eni' if it's plural?

[dieprinzessin]

In the negative imperative
-a changes to -e

I am not sure yet about the -ni ending. Somebody said in an earlier comment that it meant adressing more than one person.

[giraffe__]

in the "negative imperative" (which really doesn't exist in swahili, it's just the negative subjunctive used as an imperative), singular is defined by the usual second-person singular "you" = "u" prefix and plural is defined by the second-person plural "you all" = "m" prefix. the -eni/ni ending only applies to the actual imperative

[BeCreative__]

What are the rules for the negative imperative? It would have been good to include this in the notes.

[machieng]

done!

[BeCreative__]

Asante sana! Ninataka Kujifunza kiswahili (a lot).

What you are doing will help!