noun classes

Question 1

define class 1 and 2

Answer 1

The person class, it denotes persons that are grouped together.

Question 2

define class 1a and 2a

Answer 2

Class denotes persons but usually proper nouns or kinship terms. including animal names from folk tales.

Question 3

define class 3 and 4

Answer 3

class denotes living or moving objects with impersonal meaning.

Question 4

define class 5 and 6

Answer 4

class denotes objects that appear in pairs or large quantities, nations, fluids, fruit etc.

Question 5

define class 7 and 8

Answer 5

class denotes material objects used for specific tasks, instruments etc. also denotes abstract concepts

Question 6

define class 9 and 10

Answer 6

class denotes animal names

Question 7

define class 11

Answer 7

class denotes long objects, that appear in large quantities or abstract concepts.

Question 8

define class 14

Answer 8

nouns are usually abstract or denote a collective nature

Question 9

define class 15

Answer 9

nouns that are derived from verbs.

Question 10

identify the prefix of class 1 and 2

Answer 10

class 1- um
class 2- aba

Question 11

identify the prefix of class 1a and 2a

Answer 11

class 1a- u
class 2a- oo

Question 12

identify the prefix of class 3 and 4

Answer 12

class 3 -um
class 4-imi

Question 13

identify the prefix of class 5 and 6

Answer 13

class 5- i(li)
class 6- ama

Question 14

identify the prefix of class 7 and 8

Answer 14

class 7- isi
class 8- izi

Question 15

identify the prefix of class 9 and 10

Answer 15

class 9 -in
class 10- i(z)i(n)

Question 16

identify the prefix of class 11

Answer 16

-u(lu)

Question 17

identify the prefix of class 14

Answer 17

-u(bu)

Question 18

identify the prefix of class 15

Answer 18

-uku

Question 19

give 2 eg of class 1 and 2

Answer 19

umnakwethu, abanakwethu
umfazi, abafazi

Question 20

give eg of class 1a and 2a

Answer 20

utatomkhulu, ootatomkhulu
umama, oomama
uthikoloshe, oothikoloshe

Question 21

give examples of class 3 and 4

Answer 21

umlambo, imilambo
umthi, imithi
umlilo, imililo

Question 22

give examples of class 5 and 6

Answer 22

iliso, amehlo
ilitye, amatye
ixoki, amaxoki

Question 23

give examples of class 7 and 8

Answer 23

isibaya, izibaya
isidudu, izidudu
isitya, izitya

Question 24

give examples of 9 and 10

Answer 24

inja, izinja
inkomo, iinkomo
intaka, iintaka

Question 25

give examples of class 11

Answer 25

uluthi, izinthi
usana, iintsana
ufele, iimfele

Question 26

give examples of class 14

Answer 26

ubusika
ubuhlungu
uboya

Question 27

give examples of class 15

Answer 27

ukuhamba
ukucula
ukufunda