*bidiVDtr1need (= have to)Naikubidi wite ukammone tate.It'll need you to go see dad. = You'll have to go see dad.Imbidi akommone dektari gulo.It needed her to go to the doctor yesterday. = She had to go to the doctor yesterday.Ichibidi chaye halaka ntrambo yetu.It needed us to come back early from our trip. = We had to come back early from our trip.Nainibidi nipate wantru wanne wa kuhamalisha.It'll need me to get four people to carry heavy burdens on the back. = I'll have to get four people to carry heavy burdens on their backs.2makeDichibidi chidigyale garaja.It (car) made us take it to the garage.This verb is highly irregular: it has no verbal noun in ku-, the final suffix is -i, and it is never said by itself. The default subject is i- unless another is clear in context.

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