EMPHATIC NDI-

The emphatic ndi-  calls attention to or emphasizes something as particularly relevant or important.

 It implies the sense of "indeed it is this way" or "it is precisely like this".

 

Ndi- with personal pronouns

mimi ndimi	it is indeed i
wewe ndiwe	it is indeed you
yeye ndiye	it is indeed he /he
sisi ndisi	it is indeed we/us
nyinyi ndinyi	it is indeed you (pl)
wao ndio	it is indeed they

Mimi ndimi nilinunua mkate	I am the one/It is indeed I that bought this bread
wewe ndiwe uliiba	It is indeed you that stole
yeye ndiye mwalimu wangu	He/she is the one that is my teacher
sisi ndisi tulimwona	It is indeed we that saw him
Nyinyi ndinyi mliogopa	You are indeed the ones that became afraid
Wao ndio walimpiga	They are the ones that beat him

 

Ndi- with other noun classes

JI-MA ndilo	Jino hili ndilo linauma	It is this tooth that hurts
ndiyo	Meno haya ndiyo yanauma	It is these teeth that hurt
KI-VI ndicho	Kiti hicho ndicho kipya	This is indeed the new chair
ndivyo	Viti hivyo ndiyo vipya	These are indeed the new chairs
M-MI ndio	Mti huu ndio alipanda	This is indeed the tree that he planted
ndiyo	Miti hii ndiyo alipanda	These are indeed the trees that he planted
N ndiyo	Nyumba hii ndiyo yake	This indeed is his house
ndizo	Nyumba hizo ndizo zake	These indeed are his houses
U ndio	Ukuta huu ndio nilijenga	This wall is indeed the one that I built
ndizo	Kuta hizi ndizo nilijenga	These walls are indeed the ones that I built
PA
ndipo	Hapa ndipo alianguka	This is the precise place that he fell
KU ndiko	Kulia huku ndiko sipendi	It is this kind of crying that I don't like

 

 Negating the emphatic ndi-

The negative emphatic ndi- is formed with si- instead of ndi-:

Simi          It is not me

Sinyi          It is not you (pl.)

Exercise

Translate: Is he the one that married her?

Yule alimwoa?

Yule ni alimwoa?

Yule ndiye alimwoa?

Yule ndiye aliolewa?

Translate: They are indeed my  parents

Ndio wazazi wangu

Ndizo wazazi wangu

Ni wazazi wangu

Ndio wazazi wetu

Translate: They are definitely her books

Ndio vitabu vyake

Ndivyo vitabu vyangu

Ndivyo vitabu vyake

Ndicho kitabu chake

Translate: That dress is indeed the one I bought

Ile ni nguo ambayo nilinunua

Ile ndiye nguo ambayo nilinunua

Ile ndio nguo ambayo nilinunua

Yule ndiyo nguo ambaye nilinunua

Translate: Amina is the one that saw him

Amina ndiye aliyemwona

Amina ni alimwona

Amina ndio aliyemwona

Amina alimwona

Translate: This is the cup I was asking for

Hiki ndicho kikombe ambacho nilikuwa natafuta

Hiki kikombe nilikuwa natafuta

Hiki ndio kikombe ambacho nilikuwa natafuta

Hiki ndicho kikombe ambayo nilikuwa natafuta

Translate: This is the wall that collapsed

Huu ni ukuta ambao ulianguka

Hii ndio ukuta ambao ilianguka

Huu ndio ukuta ambao ulianguka

Huu ni ule ukuta ulianguka