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"I am not going"
Translation:Siendi
August 28, 2017
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juryrigging
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Further to what Ben said, negative verbs in the present do not take a tense marker between the prefix and the verb stem. All other tenses do, so even if your verb isn't Bantu origin, you can work out the tense. Sijibu (I'm not replying) vs sitajibu (I will not reply), sijajibu (I have not (yet) replied) or sikujibu (I didn't reply).
So tense comparisons for negative kuenda:
Siendi -- I am not going.
Sikuenda -- I did not go.
Sijaenda -- I have not gone.
Sitaenda -- I will not go.