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