Possesives Flashcards
my
-mi
your
-kho
his/hers
-khe
ours
-ithu
yours
-inu
theirs
-bo
um (people)
wa
aba
ba
u
wa
o
ba
um (things)
wa
imi
ya
ili
la
ama
a
isi
sa
izi
za
in/im
ya
izi
za
ulu
lwa
izin/ m
za
ubu
ba
uku
kwa
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - um (people)
ka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - aba (people)
baka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - u
ka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - o
baka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - um (things)
ka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - imi
ka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - ili
lika
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - ama
ka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - isi
sika
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - izi
zika
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - in/m
ka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - izin
zika
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - ulu
luka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - ubu
buka
class 1a/ 2a sing. possessor - uku
kuka
the dog of the student
possessive formed through coalescence
inja + ya + umfundi
inja yomfundi
cow’s meat
inyama yenkomo
young men’s home
ikhaya lezinsizwe
old men’s horses
amahhashi amakhehla
student’s friends
abangane bomfundi
the baby’s milk
ubisi lwengane
cat’s food
ukudla kwekati
dog’s noise
umsindo wenja
old man’s money
imali yekhehla
chief’s beer
utshwala benkosi
chance/opportunity to win
ithuba lokuwina
Toyota’s workers
abasebenzi bakwaToyota
UKZN students
abafundi baseThusini
garden flowers
izimbali zasengadini
traffic police (road’s police)
amaphoyisa omgwaqo
the chief’s cows have disappeared
izinkomo zenkosi zinyamalala
the PnP workers were on strike
abasebenzi bakwaPnP bebeteleka
our Zulu test
isivivinyo sesiZulu sethu
here is the entrance
nayi indawo yokungena
there was no exit
ayikho indawo yokuphuma