Thursday, February 26, 2009

2-26-09

Ushogi mncane = small chalk
Gcoba =because

inuka kamnandi - it smells good

Commands
:
commands with transitive verbs must end in -e

ngixolele = forgive me (command)

-tshela = tell
tell me = ngitshele

Ngitshele, uyamazi uMuzi? - tell me, do you know Muzi?
u + ya + azi --> uyamazi, -m- (from uMuzi) insereted between vowels
Ngiyamazi uMuzi - I know Muzi

Ngisize, Nkulie - Help me, Nonkululeko
ngizokusiza - I will help you

Angizukusiza - I will not help you

ya vs. hamba
If you are speaking of a destination, never use -hamba

Locative:
e-
kwa- (proprietary places, most businesses, stores, people's places - kwaMuzi)
ku- when making human beings and class 1 nouns into a place in the locative tense, use ku-

Izinsuku zesonto
M - uMsombuluko on M. ngo-
T - uLwesibili ""
W - uLwesithathu ""
TH - uLwesine ""
F - uLwesihlanu ""
Sat - uMgqibelo ""
S - iSonto nge-

what day of the week? - ngolwesingaki?

Times of the Day
Ekuseni = in the morning
Imini = midday
Intambama = afternoon
Kusihlwa = in the evening
Ubusuku = night

Synonyms
usuku - day
imini - noon, day
ilanga - sun, day

listening to the News

phakathi =
ekuseni
emlenzeni
incwaki
zamaphandle - in the country
lehliswe - lower
umgqomo - can
nomhlaba - and the world
semfuleni - at the river
fikela - arrive
donsa - pull
yisakamuzi - resident
noma kuphi = anywhere
noma kanjani = anyhow

lokhu - this, as in this matter

luhlanya - he is crazy (among friends)
uyahlekisa - he is weird

Homework:
Umsebenzi VII in Sanibona

Quiz tuesday:

- colors and numbers,
-times of the day (in the morning ekuseni, emini, kusilwa pg. 61)
-give a answer, request a question
- anything on the blog, the exercises
-question words
-weather

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Gcoba = annoint/ smear

Because is "ngoba"

NOT incwaki; BUT incwadi (book)