When to use it
Use it when someone at the door asks for neighbours who have moved away.
“They don't live here anymore.” · The sentence in English
In “They don't live here anymore.” the negative needs ‘do’ and ‘not’, and ‘anymore’ marks the change.
- They
- pronounpersonal pronoun, third person plural
- do
- auxiliary verbdo · tense: present · auxiliary that makes the negative with "n't"
- n't
- particleshort form of "not"
- live
- verblive · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "do" the verb keeps its base form
- here
- adverbadverb of place
- anymore
- adverbadverb; used with a negative to say something stopped
“Hawaishi hapa tena.” · The sentence in Swahili
In “Hawaishi hapa tena.” the single word ‘Hawaishi’ holds the negative ‘ha-’, the subject ‘-wa-’ (they) and the verb ‘ishi’ (live) with the negative ending ‘-i’. ‘tena’ (again) after a negative means ‘any more’.
- Hawaishi
- verbishi · person: 3rd plural · tense: present, negative · ha- (not) + -wa- (they) + ishi + negative -i
- hapa
- adverb'here', near the speaker
- tena
- adverb'again'; with a negative, 'any more'
What changes from one language to the other · English × Swahili
English uses four words for ‘They don't live’; Swahili one. Both close with a word for ‘any more’.
Example conversation
— Hawaishi hapa tena.
— They don't live here anymore.
— Unajua walihamia wapi?
— Do you know where they moved to?