L2 Verbs Flashcards
Drive
Quba
Watch
Bukela
Run
Baleka
Look here
Jonga apha
Cook
Pheka
Bake
Baka
Purchase
Thenga
Walk, go
Hamba
Visit
Tyelela
Technically means “eat from”
Travel
Ya + e + [destination]
Write
Bala
Pour
Galela
Fill up
Gcualisa
Push
Tsala
Pull
Tyala
Throw
Jula
Dance
Jayiva
Open
Vula
Close
Vala
Listen
Mamela
Gosh
“Chini” - confirm spelling
To greet
Bulisa
To leave work (specifically)
Tshayisa
Slang: tshayla
Present positive vowels always end in….
[I’m doing, I do]
A
Learn/study/read
Funda
Talk
Thetha
Live
Hlala
Do/make
Enza
Go home
Goduka
Want/need
Funa
See
Bona
Help
Nceda
Like/love
Thanda
Try
Zama
Work
Sebenza
Repeat
Phinda
Ask
Buza
Look
Jonga
Request
Cela
Praise/be grateful for
Bulela
Remember
Khumbula
Hear/perceive*
(I)va
*different rule because begins with a vowel
Understand
qonda
Use
Sebenzisa
Quiet
Thula
Hurry/be quick
Khawuleza
Say*
Thi
*doesn’t end in A - exception
Know*
Azi
*doesnt end in A - exception
Exclamatory word/sound
Tsho
Rule for pluralizing
Add ‘ni’
Listen (group)
Mamelani
Sit (to a group)
Hlalani phantsi
Quiet (to a group)
Thulani
Subject prefixes:
I. We
You. You all
He/she. They
Ndi. Si
U. Ni
U. Ba
Learn, in all 6 forms
I learn - ndifunda You learn - ufunda He/she learns - ufunda We learn - sifunda You all learn - nifunda They learn - bafunda
Rule: if one-word sentence (eg I learn), what to do?
Add -ya between prefix and word
Ex. Ndiyafunda = I learn/I am learning
I am going home
Ndiyagoduka
We are listening
Siyamamela
How are you?
I am well.
[extended greetings - as long as possible]
Unjani?
Ndiphilile
How are you all?
We are well.
We are well to.
[extended greetings - as long as possible]
Ninjani?
Siphilile
Siphilile nathi
To ask about someone (rule)
Add a u- in front
Ex: how is Justin = Unjani uJustin?
Yourself
Him/herself
Myself
Wena
Yena
Mna
Eat
Tya