Possessives

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:

Possessive Markers

Class 1	Mosadi	o + a	wa
Class 2	Batho	ba + a	ba
Class 3	Molomo	o + a	wa
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x
x	x	x	x

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