Miscellaneous IV Flashcards
locative iphupho (dream)
ephusheni
ph>sh; o,e a>eni
locative iphepha (newspaper)
ephepheni
by common usage; correct: ephesheni
locative uphaphe (feather)
ophasheni
ulu class locative=o; ph>sh
locative imphuphu (mieliemeel)
emphushini
ph>sh; u> ini
locative isobho (soup)
esojeni
bh>j; o, e, a>eni
celebrate (verb)
-gubh-
the day is celebrated by Zulu people
usuku lugujwa (ng)amaZulu
locative umlomo (mouth)
emlonyeni
bilabial change: m>ny; o, e, a>eni
locative intamo (neck)
intanyeni
bilabial change: m>ny; o, e, a>eni
Lwazi invites me
uLwazi meme mina
I’m invited by Lwazi
Mina ngimenywe (ng)uLwazi
refuse (verb)
-phik-
negate, dispute, compete
-phikis-
before that
ngaphambi kwalokho
after that
emva kwalokho
They’ve grown up
Bakhulelile
They grew up in Msinga
Bakhulele eMsinga
-khulele has to have something following it.
harass (verb)
-hlukumez-
believe (verb)
-kholw-
That one is deceitful
Lo uyakhohlisana
a person who is critical (always finds something wrong)
Uyaphikisana
knowledgeable person; someone you can learn a lot from
Uyafundisana
Be crazy, confused (verb)
-sangene
He is confused (polite)
Uyahlekelwa umqondo
mind (noun)
umqondo (imi)
North
inyakatho
South
iNingizimu
East
impumalanga
West
Intshonalanga
Rosebank is north of Joburg
Rosebank isenyakatho yeGoli
I don’t believe
Angikholwa
(If w is part of the root – kohlw- it keeps its final a. It doesn’t change to i for negation).
I don’t know
Angizwa
(If w is part of the root – zw- it keeps its final a. It doesn’t change to i for negation).
fight (verb)
-lw-
refuse
-al-
until when? (past tenses)
kwaze kwaba nini?
until when? (present, future)
kuze kube nini?
As usual
nje ngoku jwayelikile
nje ngoku vamisile
hiccup
ingwici
no plural
belly
umkhaba (imi)
in as much as, since
kangangoba
kangangokuba
