Adjectives & adverbs I

Question 1

long

Answer 1

-telele

(motelele, itelele, batelele, ditelele)

Question 2

big

Answer 2

-tona

(motona, itona, batona, ditona, matona)

Question 3

small

Answer 3

-nnye

(monnye, innye, bannye, dinnye)

Question 4

beautiful

Answer 4

-ntle

(montle, intle, bantle, dintle)

Question 5

happy

Answer 5

go itumela, itumetsi

Question 6

hungry

Are you hungry? I am hungry

Answer 6

tala

O tshwere ke tala? Ke tshwere ke tala

Question 7

thirsty

Are you thirsty?

Answer 7

lenyora

O tshwere ke lenyora

Question 8

sad

I am sad

Answer 8

bothoko

Ke utlwile bothoko (I feel pain = I am sad)

Question 9

smelly

You are smelly

Answer 9

ngkga

O a ngkga

Question 10

dirty

You are dirty

Answer 10

leswe

O leswe

Question 11

tired

I am tired

Answer 11

lapa

Ke lapile

Question 12

sore

My tummy is sore

Answer 12

bothoko

Mala ame o bothoko

Question 13

warm

Answer 13

butito

Question 14

hot

Answer 14

hisa

Question 15

cold

Answer 15

butsididi

Question 16

too hot/cold

Answer 16

a hisa/ a tsididi

Question 17

not hot/cold enough

Answer 17

ga a hisa / ga a tsididi

Question 18

not enough (the food is not enough)

Answer 18

lekana

dijo ga di a lekana

Question 19

too much
She ate too much

Answer 19

thata
O jela thata

Question 20

not enough
She didn’t eat enough

Answer 20

-nnye
O jela mogwinye

Question 21

new

Answer 21

-ntsha

Question 22

red

Answer 22

-hibidu

Motako o mo hibidu
Balluni e khibidu

Question 23

green

Answer 23

tala

Question 24

strong

Answer 24

matla

Question 25

heavy

Answer 25

bokete

Question 26

tall

Answer 26

bo lelele/ telele ??

Question 27

everything

Answer 27

sengwe le sengwe

Question 28

nothing

Answer 28

sepe

Question 29

none None of the cows are brown

Answer 29

epe / dipe Ga gona epe kgomo e tlhokwa/ ga gona dipe dikgomo tse di tlhokwa

Question 30

all

Answer 30

yotle, tsotle

Question 31

the other one

Answer 31

o mongwe / le lengwe / se sengwe / etc

Question 32

first The first cat / the first day / the first child

Answer 32

-ntlha ktse ya ntlha/ letsatsi la ntlha/ ngwana wa ntlha

Question 33

next Who is next / The next book is good / the next shoe is green / The next soap

Answer 33

go latela Ke lang yo latelang? / Buka e latelang e siame/ selthako se se latelang se se tala / Molotov o o latelang

Question 34

this

Answer 34

e / se / tse

Question 35

that

Answer 35

same

Question 36

it

Answer 36

ye

Question 37

why

Answer 37

ke eng (e.g. "Ke eng a tlhoka madi a mantsi?" - "Why does she need lots of money?")

Question 38

a lot

Answer 38

-tsi ? (e.g. madi a mantsi)

Question 39

only

Answer 39

fêla

Question 40

thick, fat

Answer 40

-kima

Question 41

soft

Answer 41

boreti

Question 42

black

Answer 42

-ntso

Question 43

yellow

Answer 43

-lephutse

Question 44

white

Answer 44

-tsweu

Question 45

brown

Answer 45

-tlholwa

Question 46

short

Answer 46

-khutshwane

Question 47

hundred

Answer 47

lekgolo

Question 48

one million

Answer 48

sedikadike

Question 49

grey

Answer 49

-tuba

Question 50

old

Answer 50

-gologolo