Negative Verb “to Be”

Question 1

Negative verb of ‘to be’ in present tense is always ‘si’

Answer 1

I am not a doctor

Mimi si daktari

Question 2

He is not a policeman

Answer 2

Yeye si polisi

Question 3

They are not teachers

Answer 3

Wao si walimu

Question 4

Negative ‘to be’ past tense. Use negative subject prefix plus negative tense marker ‘ku’. The ‘ku’ on monosyllabic verbs is dropped

Answer 4

I was not a teacher

Mimi sikuwa mwalimu.

Question 5

Negative ‘to be’ future tense. Use negative subject prefix plus negative tense marker ‘ta’.

Answer 5

She will not be a child again.

Yeye Hatakuwa mtoto tena

Question 6

I will not be an old person

Answer 6

Mimi sitakuwa mzee