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... occur in a subject position the concord ku- is used , e.g. Phandle kuyashisa ( Outside it is hot ) . 11.3 Since the pha- words are more often used as adverbs after the predicate they seldom occur before the predicate . Nevertheless ku ...
... occur in a subject position the concord ku- is used , e.g. Phandle kuyashisa ( Outside it is hot ) . 11.3 Since the pha- words are more often used as adverbs after the predicate they seldom occur before the predicate . Nevertheless ku ...
Page 155
... occur , pho , phu , bo , bu , bho , bhu , mo , mu , mpo , mpu , mbo , mbu , di and thi e.g. ph > sh : b > tsh : bh > j : m > ny : impushana ( a little meal ) < impuphu ( meal ) ; ingutshana ( a small blanket ) < ingubo ( blanket ) ...
... occur , pho , phu , bo , bu , bho , bhu , mo , mu , mpo , mpu , mbo , mbu , di and thi e.g. ph > sh : b > tsh : bh > j : m > ny : impushana ( a little meal ) < impuphu ( meal ) ; ingutshana ( a small blanket ) < ingubo ( blanket ) ...
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... occur in Zulu can be used ; or a nasal may be nasalized ; long vowels may stand in contrast to short ones , etc. Compare the following examples : ndrr ( birds flying ) ; phrr ( snort of a horse ) ; bhu ( dust a mat ; extinguish a fire ) ...
... occur in Zulu can be used ; or a nasal may be nasalized ; long vowels may stand in contrast to short ones , etc. Compare the following examples : ndrr ( birds flying ) ; phrr ( snort of a horse ) ; bhu ( dust a mat ; extinguish a fire ) ...
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Abafana Abafazi abantu abantwana absolute pronoun adjective adverb affricate Afrikaans Amadoda amahashi amanzi auxiliary predicate Bantu Languages brackets cattle Change class prefix compound copulative delayed voice dental click descriptive copulative e.g. Umfana ekhaya endlini English English relative clause enumerative Examples Exercise expresses futhi future tense hamba ideophone ihashi imali indlu Indoda Ingane initial vowel inja inkomo Insizwa interrogative intombi inyama Isalukazi izin izinja izinkomo kahle kakhulu khona kodwa lapha lapho Lesson locative main clause means namuhla nasal negative Ngibona Ngifuna ngoba ngumfundisi/mkhulu njenga noun object participial mood past tense person possessive concord predicate present tense relative clause relative concord relative predicate relative stem sentences singular sound stative subject concord subjunctive suffix Ubaba Ufuna ukudla ukuthi umalume Umama umfana Umfazi umfundisi umuntu uthi utshani verb stem Vocabulary vowel verbs wena words yini Zulu Zulu language