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 |
