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Tumbuka

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Tumbuka
na-
prefix
This is a grammatical prefix used to show that the subject of the verb is 'I' in the recent past tense. It indicates an action that the speaker recently completed.

“Nacita vyose mwakuyana.”

I did everything as planned.

Also means
  1. 1st person singular subject concord in the recent past tense.
  2. I (recent past)

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 9 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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