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Section outline

    • Welcome to the lesson on "Ukanushaji" (Negation)! This lesson will help you understand how to form negative statements in Swahili across different tenses.

       

    • By the end of this lesson, learners will be able to:

      • Form negative sentences in present, past, and future tenses.
      • Use correct negation prefixes and markers in Swahili.
      • Differentiate between affirmative and negative sentence structures.
      • Improve fluency in expressing denial and contradiction in Swahili.
    • Recap & Key Takeaways:

      • Present tense negation uses 'si-', past tense uses '-ku-', and future tense uses 'hata-'.
      • Negation modifies verbs differently depending on the tense.
      • Understanding negation improves sentence clarity and meaning.