week 1 Flashcards
Dume:la
Dumela:ng
‘Be greeted (sg.)’
‘Be greeted (pl.)’
sister, sisters
brother, brothers
se: si, bose:si
bu: ti, bobu:ti
loanword from Afrikaans sussie, boetie
man, men
woman, women
monna, banna
mosadi, basadi
teacher
female teacher
moruti:ßi
morutißiga:di
who greets first?
who says goodbye first?
what form is for elders?
How do you say goodbye on the phone?
the person srriving
the person leaving
the plural form show respect
ßala gabo:tse ‘stay well’
learn
-ruta
root in -rutißi ‘teacher’
student, students
-ithuthi
maithuthi
baithuthi
walk, go
goodbye, lit. ‘go well’
sepela
sepela gabotse
sepelang gabotse
goodbye
ßala gabotse
ßalang gabotse
lit. ‘stay well’
class 1/2 prefix
Mo-
Ba-/Bo-
father
mother
tate
mma/mme
grandfather
grandmother
rakgolo
koko/makgolo
married woman
unmarried woman
sir
mohumagadi
mohumagatßana
morena
also
le
question marker
na
A: How is it?
B: It’s all right.
A: Go bjang (na)?
B: Go lokile.
A: How are you? sg./pl.
B: I am fine. (lit. I am here)
A: Wena o kae? / Lena le kae?
B: Na ke gona. / Rena re gona.
morning greeting only
A: How are you? (lit. Did you wake up?)
B: (No,) I’m fine (lit. I woke up)
A: Wena o tsogile?
B: (Aowa) ke tsogile.
A: Are you still alive/well?
B: I am still living
A: Wena o sa phela na?
B: (Aowa) Nna ke sa phela (gabotse).
to be alive
phela
A: How are you living?
B: I am still alive (well).
A: Wena o phela bjang?
B: (Aowa) Nna ke sa phela (gabotse)
friend
mogwera
Thobela
salutation
ßala
to stay
Wena o kae?
Nna ke gona.
Wena o tsogile?
(Aowa) Nna ke tsogile.
Wena o sa phela na?
(Aowa) Nna ke sa phela (gabotse)
sa
progressive morpheme
sometimes translated as still
Wena o phela bjang?
(Aowa) nna ke phela gabotse.
Go bjang?
(Aowa) Go lokile
