Adjectives

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Aim - use adjectives to describe things - the TALL man, the NEW car

Soft Adjectives

When using these adjectives, add the subject prefix to the start of the adjective.

  • -ntle (beautiful) mosadi montle, basadi bantle, le@@ lentle, etc
-ntle beautiful
-tona big
-kima fat
-sesane slim
-nnye small/young/little
-leele long/tall
-khutshwane short
-ntsi many/plenty
-sweu white
-ntsho black
-tala blue/green
-hibidu red

Strong/Hard Adjectives

These adjectives stay the same whatever the noun is.

  • monate (nice/enjoyable) @@@ monate, ba@@ monate, le@@ monate, etc
monate nice/enjoyable/tasty
maswe ugly/bad
turu expensive
chipi cheap
thata hard/strong/very much
motlhofo weak/lightweight/simple
leswe dirty
sekono clean
bokete hard/heavy