Editing Luganda (section)

==== Negative ====
The negative is usually formed by prefixing {{lang|lg|te-}} or {{lang|lg|t-}} to the subject prefix, or, in the case of the first person singular, replacing the prefix with {{lang|lg|si-}}. This results in the following set of personal subject prefixes:
* First person: singular {{lang|lg|si-}} 'I', plural {{lang|lg|tetu-}} 'we'
* Second person: singular {{lang|lg|to-}} 'you (singular)', {{lang|lg|temu-}} 'you (plural)'
* Third person: singular {{lang|lg|ta-}} 'he, she', {{lang|lg|teba-}} 'they (Class I)'

The negative impersonal subject prefixes are:
* Class I: singular {{lang|lg|ta-}}, plural {{lang|lg|teba-}} (''i.e.'' the third person prefixes shown directly above)
* Class II: singular {{lang|lg|tegu-}}, plural {{lang|lg|tegi-}}
* Class III: singular {{lang|lg|te-}}, plural {{lang|lg|tezi-}}
* Class IV: singular {{lang|lg|teki-}}, plural {{lang|lg|tebi-}}
* Class V: singular {{lang|lg|teri-}}, plural {{lang|lg|tega-}}
* Class VI: singular {{lang|lg|teka-}}, plural {{lang|lg|tebu-}}
* Class VII: singular {{lang|lg|telu-}}, plural {{lang|lg|tezi-}}
* Class VIII: singular {{lang|lg|tegu-}}, plural {{lang|lg|tega-}}
* Class IX: singular {{lang|lg|teku-}}, plural {{lang|lg|tega-}}
* Class X: {{lang|lg|tetu-}}

When used with object relatives or the narrative tense (see below), the negative is formed with the prefix {{lang|lg|ta-}}, which is inserted after the subject and object affixes:
* {{lang|lg|Omuntu gwe nnalabye}} 'The person whom I saw'
* {{lang|lg|Omuntu gwe ssalabye}} 'The person whom I didn't see'