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Essential Sentence Patterns 1-4 1. Intransitive (+) nolidah8zi = I am happy kolidah8zi = you are happy wlidah8zo = s/he is happy nd'abi = I sit kd'abi = you sit abo = s/he sits 2. Intransitive (-) 8da nolidah8ziw = I am not happy 8da kolidah8ziw = you are not happy 8da wlidah8ziwi = s/he is not happy 8da nd'abiw = I don't sit 8da kd'abiw = you don't sit 8da abiwi = s/he doesn't sit examples: kizi polwakhozo = he can save himself 8da kizi polwakhoziwi = he cannot save himself 3. Transitive (+) n'nodam kagwi = I hear something k'nodam kagwi = you hear something nodam kagwi = s/he hears something n'nodaw8 awani = I hear someone k'nodaw8 awani = you hear someone nodawa awanihi = s/he hears someone 4. Transitive (-) 8da kagwi n'nodamo = I don't hear anything/something 8da kagwi k'nodamo = you don't hear anything/something 8da kagwi nodamowi = s/he doesn't hear anything/something examples: pita wig8dam = s/he is very pleased pita 8da wig8damowi = s/he is very displeased 8da awani n'nodaw8w = I don't hear anyone/someone 8da awani k'nodaw8w = you don't hear anyone/someone 8da awanihi nodawawi = s/he doesn't hear anyone/someone example: kanwa askwa 8da kagwi lli 8zidawawi = but yet answered nothing

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