The Isizulu: A Grammar of the Zulu Language |
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Common terms and phrases
1st person abantu ba abanye adjective adverb alphabet auxiliary bona bulala cattle changes character combination compound consonants contracted denote Dingane English euphonic fika final vowel form-Affirmative funa genitive hamba incipient inflection initial vowel inkomo inkosi inyanga Isizulu izinkomo kakulu kodwa kona kraal Kwa nga language lapa letter locative loku mode Mpongwe ndžalo ndže nga ba nga si nga nga si tandile nga tandanga nga tandi nge tande ngi be ngi ngi nga ngi nga tandi ngi nga yi ngokuba Nika nominative noun particle Perfect Tense plural predicate prefix preposition present perfect principal verb pronoun second person Second variety SECT sentence simple form singular sometimes sound suffix syllable thou tina tiwa tšo ukuba ukuma umfana Umpande umuntu verb vowel wena words ya ku tanda yena yi ku ba yi ku tanda zi nga Zulu Zulu language
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