Negative of Future Tense

Vocabulary

60. Negative of far future tense. This follows the regular rule: negative prefix, personal prefix, tense sign, stem of verb:

sinzagenda - I shall not go	ntituzagenda - we shall not go
ntuzagenda - you will not go	ntimuzagenda - you will not go
ntazdgenda - he will not go	ntibazagenda - they will not go

Thus:

nti-	ba-	za-	genda
neg. prefix	pers. pref.	tense si	stem

This negative form of the future cannot be used in dependent clauses.

61. Verbs kubanza and gutangira. Though both of these words mean “begin”, they are not used interchangeably.

: Banza guhinga - begin by hoeing, hoe first (implying that there is something else to do when hoeing is finished) ::Tangira guhinge. - begin to hoe (that is, start that task now)

Exercises:

I. Translate into English:

: 1. Ejo mu gitondo abantu ntibazakora kuko bazajya gusenga Imana. 2. Ejo ntituzatangira gufasha abahungu. 3. Banza kuririmba; turashaka gushima Imana. 4. Abahungu baratangira gusoma neza. 5. Umwigisha araza vuba kuvuga Ijambo ry’Imana. 6. Abakozi barabanza guhinga mu bigori; ejo bazakora mu nzu. 7. Abana bararirimba indirimbo z’Imana mu ishJi. 8.Vuba tuzabona imyenda mishya kuko ababyeyi bacu bazagaruka imuhita. 9. Mbanza gushyira utuzi mu isahane. 10. Umwotsi mwinshi ura tangira kuva mu muriro.

II. Translate into Kinyarwanda:

: 1. The cows will not go into the river. 2. We shall have the blessings of God in our hearts. 3. The pupils will not arrive in school tomorrow morning. 4. You (s.) will come in the evening (today) to help the girls. 5. We will begin to sing soon. 6. Fiirst go to work in the garden. 7.The women will not cook fish tomorrow morning; they will cook meat. 8. Our teacher will arrive this afternoon; he is not here in the morning. 9. The old man’s son will not go to school tomorrow because he has a bad illness. 10. We will not buy your (pl.) goats; they are very small.