ndio
Mori Bawah
Verb
ndio
- (stative) to be over here, somewhere near the speaker
References
- The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6
Swahili
Etymology
From ndi- + o, literally "it is (we/you all/them/it/those)".
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Verb
ndio
- inflection of ndi-:
- first-person plural object
- second-person plural object
- third-person plural object
- m-wa class object inflected plural
- m-mi class object inflected singular
- u class object inflected
Interjection
ndio
- yes (literally "it is it")
See also
Emphatic copula forms:
Pronominals | 1s | 2s | 3s | 1p | 2p | 3p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | ndimi, ndiye | ndiwe, ndiye | ndiye | ndisi, ndio | ndinyi, ndio | ndio |
Negative | simi, siye | siwe, siye | siye | sio, sisi* | sinyi, siyo | sio |
Classes | c1 | c2/c3/c11/c14 | c4/c6/c9 | c5 | c7 | c8 | c10 | c15 | c16 | c17 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | ndiye | ndio | ndiyo | ndilo | ndicho | ndivyo | ndizo | ndiko | ndipo | ndimo |
Negative | siye | sio | siyo | silo | sicho | sivyo | sizo | siko | sipo | simo |
* The form sisi "it is not us" is not frequently used as it is identical to the pronoun sisi "we", "us". Instead it is virtually always replaced with sio.