Difference between revisions of "Possessives"
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=== Possession with a Person's Name=== | === Possession with a Person's Name=== | ||
| + | When a name or kinship term is used with a possessive, the word "ga" is added before the name | ||
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| + | | ngwana wa ga Neo || Neo's child | ||
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| + | | ke mosese wa ga Nthati || it is Nthati's dress | ||
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| + | | re bonye dikgomo tsa ga Dikeledi || we saw Dikeledi's cattle | ||
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| + | | ba badile dibuka tsa ga Shakespeare || they read Shakespeare's books | ||
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| + | | dinsta tsa gago di bolaile dipodi tsa ga maolme || your dogs have killed my uncle's goats | ||
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Revision as of 11:22, 17 May 2007
Aim - be able to describe ownership using possessive markers (my/your/our etc).
Possessive expressions are formed using a possessive marker, which depends on the noun class of the thing possessed.
| mosadi wa motsomi | the wife of the hunter | (mosadi = class 1) |
| molomo wa tau | the mouth of the lion | (molomo = class 3) |
| lee la ntshe | the egg of the ostrich | (lee = class 5) |
| selepe sa kgosi | the axe of the chief | (selepe = class 7) |
| ditlhako tsa ngwana | the shoes of the child | (ditlhako = class 8) |
The possessive markers are formed by taking the subject marker and adding "a" as follows:
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Possessive Markers
| Class 1 | Mosadi | o + a | wa |
| Class 2 | Batho | ba + a | ba |
| Class 3 | Molomo | o + a | wa |
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Personal Possessive
| mine | - me | ngwana wa me | my child |
| your | - gago | dilepe tsa gago | your x |
| his/her | - gagwe | baithuti ba gagwe | his/her x |
| our | - rona | ngwana wa rona | our child |
| your (plural) | - lona | Ditonki tsa lona | x |
| their | - bone | ngwana wa bane | thier child |
Possession with a Person's Name
When a name or kinship term is used with a possessive, the word "ga" is added before the name
| ngwana wa ga Neo | Neo's child |
| ke mosese wa ga Nthati | it is Nthati's dress |
| re bonye dikgomo tsa ga Dikeledi | we saw Dikeledi's cattle |
| ba badile dibuka tsa ga Shakespeare | they read Shakespeare's books |
| dinsta tsa gago di bolaile dipodi tsa ga maolme | your dogs have killed my uncle's goats |
Possession question - Whose ?
=== Descriptive Possessives
