M WA Class Nouns Week 2 Flashcards
M (singular) WA (plural)
Living things, People, Profession Animals, fish, insects… BUT NOT Plants
Baba, mama, kaka, dada, babu, bibi, rafiki, jirani
Father, mother, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, friend, neighbor Most all “family members” the singular and plural are the same
-angu -ako -ake -etu -enu -ao
Possessives in M - WA class Must put noun agreement as prefix MY, you/yours, his/hers, our(s), you/yours, they/theirs
Possessives for family: Singular prefix? Plural prefix?
Y (kaka Yangu. My brother.) Z (kaka Zangu. My brothers.)
Huyu Hawa Yule Wale
This These That Those Noun always come first, then demonstrative.
M / WA numbers?
Mmoja (singular) Wawili (plural)
Mmoja Wawili Watatu Wanne Watano Sita Saba Wanane
1,2,3,4,5,and 8 take agreement, but remaining numbers do not
M / WA Adjectives -zuri
Singular prefix= M Plural prefix= W Mtoto Mzuri. Watoto Wazuri.
M / WA “Of” (possessive)
use “Wa” for sing. And plural Mtoto wa Benjamin. Watoto wa Benjamin.
Daktari huyu
This doctor
Madaktari hawa
These doctors
Daktari yule
That doctor
Madaktari wale
Those doctors
Huyu
This
Hawa
These
Yule
That
Wale
Those
-angu
My
-ako
You / yours (sing)
-ake
His / hers
-etu
Our(s)
-enu
You / yours (plural)
Ao
They / theirs
Living things, People, Profession Animals, fish, insects… BUT NOT Plants
M (singular) WA (plural)
Father, mother, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, friend, neighbor Most all “family members” the singular and plural are the same
Baba, mama, kaka, dada, babu, bibi, rafiki, jirani
Possessives in M - WA class Must put noun agreement as prefix MY, you/yours, his/hers, our(s), you/yours, they/theirs
-angu -ako -ake -etu -enu -ao
Y (kaka Yangu. My brother.) Z (kaka Zangu. My brothers.)
Possessives for family: Singular prefix? Plural prefix?
This These That Those Noun always come first, then demonstrative.
Huyu Hawa Yule Wale
Mmoja (singular) Wawili (plural)
M / WA numbers?
1,2,3,4,5,and 8 take agreement, but remaining numbers do not
Mmoja Wawili Watatu Wanne Watano Sita Saba Wanane
Singular prefix= M Plural prefix= W Mtoto Mzuri. Watoto Wazuri.
M / WA Adjectives -zuri
use “Wa” for sing. And plural Mtoto wa Benjamin. Watoto wa Benjamin.
M / WA “Of” (possessive)
This doctor
Daktari huyu
These doctors
Madaktari hawa
That doctor
Daktari yule
Those doctors
Madaktari wale
This
Huyu
These
Hawa
That
Yule
Those
Wale
My
-angu
You / yours (sing)
-ako
His / hers
-ake
Our(s)
-etu
You / yours (plural)
-enu
They / theirs
Ao