Not This One: ọ bụghị

Level 5

Ọ bụghị + focused part + the rest.

How It Works

Ọ bụghị says that it was not this one.

SayMeaning
Ọ bụghị Ada bịara.It was not Ada who came.
Ọ bụghị akwụkwọ ka m na-agụ.It is not a book that I am reading.
Ọ bụghị mmiri ka ọ chọrọ.It is not water that he or she wants.

It is also the plain negative of ọ bụ “it is”.

Examples (3)

  1. Ọ bụghị Ada bịara.

    It was not Ada who came.

    Ọ bụghị plus the focus.

  2. Ọ bụghị akwụkwọ ka m na-agụ.

    It is not a book that I am reading.

    With ka.

  3. Ọ bụghị mmiri ka ọ chọrọ.

    It is not water that he or she wants.

    Another object.

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Not This One: ọ bụghịLevel 5

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Ọ bụghị is the negative of focus and of bụ, so both come first.

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