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UNDERSTANDING SUBJECT CONCORDS IN ISIZULU

UNDERSTANDING SUBJECT CONCORDS IN ISIZULU. You already know…. Noun in Zulu are made up of two parts. The prefix shows us if the noun is singular or plura l. The prefix gives us a clue as to the Subject Concord this noun will use when it is used in a sentence . An udderly important fact!.

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UNDERSTANDING SUBJECT CONCORDS IN ISIZULU

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  1. UNDERSTANDING SUBJECT CONCORDS IN ISIZULU

  2. You already know… Noun in Zulu are made up of two parts The prefix shows us if the noun is singular or plural The prefix gives us a clue as to the Subject Concord this noun will use when it is used in a sentence

  3. An udderly important fact! All grammar structures relate to the Subject Concords!

  4. Let’s look at this in more detail… umama The N.P. tells us that this noun is singular and will use the S.C. [-u] in a sentence omama The N. P. tells us that this noun is in the plural and will use the S.C. [ba-] in a sentence

  5. So that means… Umamauyapheka S.C. +ya+ RAD + A Omamabayapheka

  6. Nouns are grouped according to their prefixes. Each group has its own pair of Subject Concords The best way to learn this is to remember one example from each Noun Prefix Class Time to Rap

  7. u-/o- Umamau- Omamaba- um-/aba- Umntwnau- Abantwanaba- um/imi Umshiniu- Imishinii- Whoa! Do it again! i[li]-/ama Indodali- Amadodaa- isi-/izi Isitimelasi- Izitimelazi- in-/izin Indizai- Izindizazi- im-/izim Imotoi- Izimmotozi- u[lu]-/izim Ufudulu- Izimfuduzi-

  8. Mooooootiful!!!! Now remember the following… Each Singular and Plural has a related Subject Concord Nouns are divided into different classes Each class has a Singular and a Plural

  9. Quiz time

  10. Fill in the missing Subject Concord Amadoda ____yaedolobheni. Inkomo ____dlaukudla. Umntwana ____phuzaitiye Ogogo _____khulumakakhulu. Inyoka ____lumaumfazi. Ikhaya _____seSoweto i u li a i ba

  11. Fill in the missing Noun Prefix ____ndodalisebenzaefektri. ______xoxoahlalaemfuleni. ______nyoniiyandiza. _____Celebayakhuluma. _____mninipulaziuyaedolobheni. ______komaziziyalandelaumalusi. _____phothaliyaesibedlela. I Ama O U In In I

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