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THE NOUN CLASS SYSTEM IN ISIZULU. Nouns in Zulu are made up of two parts. Noun Stem. Noun Prefix. i-apula. Noun Prefixes give us two important pieces of information about the noun…. Is the noun singular/plural?. 1. Which Subject Concord will I use?. 2.
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Nouns in Zulu are made up of two parts Noun Stem Noun Prefix i-apula
Noun Prefixes give us two important pieces of information about the noun… Is the noun singular/plural? 1. Which Subject Concord will I use? 2.
Each noun has a prefix which indicates whether the noun is in the singular or the plural. Here are some examples which you already know… Umama – mother Omama – mothers Umntwana-child Abantwana-children
umama This Noun Prefix tells me the word is in the singular This tells me its in the plural These belong to the u/o Class of nouns omama
Here is other example that you have learned The um/aba noun class umntwana abantwana
i/ama Here are the other noun classes in isiZulu im/izim in/izin imoto idada indiza izimoto amadada izindiza isi/izi isitimela umlenze um/imi izitimela imilenze
Quiz time Choose the correct answer
Nouns in isiZulu are made up of two parts. What are they? 1 A. The Noun Prefix B. The Noun Stem C. All of the above
Which part of the noun provides us with the most amount of information about the noun? 2 A. The Noun Prefix B. The Noun Stem C. All of the above
What information does the Prefix provide us with? 3 A. Both B & C B. Singular and Plural C. Subject Concord agreement
What would the Noun Prefix of this word be? umuntu 4 A. umu- B. mu- C. u-
What would the singular of this word be? abantu 5 A. obantu B. umuntu C. into
What is the Noun Prefix of this word? isigonci 6 A. izi- B. si- C. isi-
What would the plural be of this word? isigonci 7 A. izigonci B. sigonci C. All of the above
What would the plural of this word be? uCele 8 A. oCele B. abaCele C. boCele
What is the singular for the following word? izintombi 9 A. intombi B. zintombi C. None of the above
What would be the singular of this word? ogogo 10 A. bogogo B. ugogo C. ngogogo
Nouns in isiZulu are made up of two parts. What are they? 1 A. The Noun Prefix B. The Noun Stem C. All of the above
Which part of the noun provides us with the most amount of information about the noun? 2 A. The Noun Prefix B. The Noun Stem C. All of the above
What information does the Prefix provide us with? 3 A. Both B & C B. Singular and Plural C. Subject Concord agreement
What would the Noun Prefix of this word be? umuntu 4 A. umu- B. mu- C. u-
What would the singular of this word be? abantu 5 A. obantu B. umuntu C. into
What is the Noun Prefix of this word? isigonci 6 A. izi- B. si- C. isi-
What would the plural be of this word? isigonci 7 A. izigonci B. sigonci C. All of the above
What would the plural of this word be? uCele 8 A. oCele B. abaCele C. boCele
What is the singular for the following word? izintombi 9 A. intombi B. zintombi C. None of the above
What would be the singular of this word? ogogo 10 A. bogogo B. ugogo C. ngogogo
Well done you should Now know and Understand noun prefixes WHAT A CLEVER FROG YOU ARE!