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32 Cards in this Set
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Adjectives: fisha |
short |
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ncane |
small |
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dze |
tall, long |
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luhlata (use no prefix) |
blue |
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khulu |
big |
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nandzi |
nice, tasty, enjoyable |
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hle |
is or looks: nice, good, beautiful |
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Nouns classes "connectors" (between nouns and adjectives): i/ti li/ema lu/ti um/ba/imi |
le/leti mu- leli/la (or lama) mu- lolu/leti mu- lo/laba/le/lemi mu- |
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Connecting nouns and adjectives, examples in singular and plural: (a) short preacher/s |
umfundisi lo mufisha bafundisi laba fisha (pl.) |
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a smal child |
umtfwana lo muncane bantfwana laba ncane |
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a tall preacher |
umfundisi lo mundze bafundisi laba dze |
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a small mouth |
umlomo lo muncane imilomo lemi ncane |
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a blue ship |
umkhumbi lo luhlata imikhumbi le luhlata |
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a long prayer |
umthandazo lo mudze imithandazo lemi dze |
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a big knife |
umukhwa lo mukhulu imikhwa lemi khulu |
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nice mais |
umbila lo munandzi -same/no plural |
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Pronoun reflective/object: me you he/her us you (pl) them |
mine wena yena tsine nine bona |
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Simple sentences: I am wearing a blue dress |
Ngi gcoke ingubo _le luhlata |
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They are buying a brown bread |
Batsenga sinkwa _... |
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I play soccer |
Ngidladla ebhola |
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you eat chicken |
Udla inkuku |
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she learns SiSwati |
ufundza SiSwati |
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they are driving a car |
Bashayela imoto |
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we look for books |
Sifuna tincwadzi |
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You (pl) talk with him |
Nikhuluma na ye |
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I am driving a car |
ngishayela imoto |
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he likes to eat chicken |
udsandza kudla inkuku |
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they are buying a bus |
batsenga ibhasi |
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we are talking |
si ya khuluma |
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you are cooking beans |
upheka emabontjisi |
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we speak SiSwati |
sikhuluma SiSwati |
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I am writing |
ngi ya bhala |
