Adjectives

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

Use in simple sentences

• nna ke montle - I am beautiful
• mosadi o montle - the woman is beautiful
• Batswana ba bantsi mo Botswana - Batswana are many in Botswana
• Batswana ga ba bantsi mo UK - Batswana are few (not many) in the UK
• mosese o mohibidu - the dress is red (or "the red dress" see below)

More complex sentences

using the adjective in normal sentences requires use of the "adjectival concord", related to the relative construction see later.

• mosadi yo montle o bidiwa Sara - the beautiful woman is called Sarah
  

here "yo" is the adjectival concord for noun mosadi

Adjectival Concords

-	Example	Subject marker	Adjectival Concord
Class 1	Mosadi	o	yo
Class 2	Batho	ba	ba
Class 3	Molomo	o	o
Class 4	mesese	e	e
Class 5	legodu	le	le
Class 6	makgowa	a	a
Class 7	Setswana	se	se
Class 8	dimumu	di	tse
Class 9	koloi	e	e
Class 10	diphologolo	di	tse
Class 11	lorole	lo	lo
Class 12	dikgong	di	tse
Class 14	borotha	bo	bo

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