week 1

Question 1

Dume:la
Dumela:ng

Answer 1

‘Be greeted (sg.)’

‘Be greeted (pl.)’

Question 2

sister, sisters

brother, brothers

Answer 2

se: si, bose:si
bu: ti, bobu:ti

loanword from Afrikaans sussie, boetie

Question 3

man, men

woman, women

Answer 3

monna, banna

mosadi, basadi

Question 4

teacher

female teacher

Answer 4

moruti:ßi

morutißiga:di

Question 5

who greets first?
who says goodbye first?
what form is for elders?
How do you say goodbye on the phone?

Answer 5

the person srriving
the person leaving
the plural form show respect
ßala gabo:tse ‘stay well’

Question 6

learn

Answer 6

-ruta

root in -rutißi ‘teacher’

Question 7

student, students

Answer 7

-ithuthi
maithuthi
baithuthi

Question 8

walk, go

goodbye, lit. ‘go well’

Answer 8

sepela

sepela gabotse
sepelang gabotse

Question 9

goodbye

Answer 9

ßala gabotse
ßalang gabotse
lit. ‘stay well’

Question 10

class 1/2 prefix

Answer 10

Mo-

Ba-/Bo-

Question 11

father

mother

Answer 11

tate

mma/mme

Question 12

grandfather

grandmother

Answer 12

rakgolo

koko/makgolo

Question 13

married woman
unmarried woman
sir

Answer 13

mohumagadi
mohumagatßana
morena

Question 14

also

Answer 14

le

Question 15

question marker

Answer 15

na

Question 16

A: How is it?
B: It’s all right.

Answer 16

A: Go bjang (na)?
B: Go lokile.

Question 17

A: How are you? sg./pl.
B: I am fine. (lit. I am here)

Answer 17

A: Wena o kae? / Lena le kae?
B: Na ke gona. / Rena re gona.

Question 18

morning greeting only

A: How are you? (lit. Did you wake up?)
B: (No,) I’m fine (lit. I woke up)

Answer 18

A: Wena o tsogile?
B: (Aowa) ke tsogile.

Question 19

A: Are you still alive/well?
B: I am still living

Answer 19

A: Wena o sa phela na?
B: (Aowa) Nna ke sa phela (gabotse).

Question 20

to be alive

Answer 20

phela

Question 21

A: How are you living?
B: I am still alive (well).

Answer 21

A: Wena o phela bjang?
B: (Aowa) Nna ke sa phela (gabotse)

Question 22

friend

Answer 22

mogwera

Question 23

Thobela

Answer 23

salutation

Question 24

ßala

Answer 24

to stay

Question 25

Wena o kae?

Answer 25

Nna ke gona.

Question 26

Wena o tsogile?

Answer 26

(Aowa) Nna ke tsogile.

Question 27

Wena o sa phela na?

Answer 27

(Aowa) Nna ke sa phela (gabotse)

Question 28

sa

Answer 28

progressive morpheme

sometimes translated as still

Question 29

Wena o phela bjang?

Answer 29

(Aowa) nna ke phela gabotse.

Question 30

Go bjang?

Answer 30

(Aowa) Go lokile