1.
verbal prefix indicating a focused doer (actor focus) in the active voice.
The doer may be animate or inanimate. This n- 1 prefix is a manifestation of the morphophoneme prefix N- , which replaces the initial letter on stems that begin with s or t . See the discussion of verbs in the "Grammar Notes".
Do you know [how to] charm to heal sickness?
You sit down./ You be seated.
Sit down./ Be seated.
2.
verbal prefix for the nonfocused doer of the action in certain constructions of the agentive voice.
Here, n- plus verb, is preceded by the agentive marker, eh , or by eh plus either a clitic pronoun or a noun. [Agentive construction is marked by the grammar notation eh, ni- .] When n- appears in the agentive construction, it indicates past action. See the discussion on time aspect in the "Grammar Notes".
The mangos kept in the carton by me are rotten.
How many different kinds [of] fruit were planted by you beside your house?