Noun class summary table
From Setswana
Noun Classes 1 to 10
Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 | Class 5 | Class 6 | Class 7 | Class 8 | Class 9 | Class 10 | |
mo- | ba- | mo- | me- | le- | ma- | se- | di- | - | di- | |
Example | monna | banna | motse | metse | leina | maina | setilo | ditilo | kgosi | dikgosi |
Pronoun | nna wena ene |
rona lona bone |
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Subject Marker | ke o o |
re le ba |
o | e | la | a | se | di | e | di |
Subject Marker (negative) |
ga ke ga o ga a |
ga re ga le ga ba |
ga o | ga e | ga la | ga a | ga se | ga di | ga e | ga di |
Object Marker | (nk-) go mo |
re le ba |
o | e | la | a | se | di | e | di |
Of | wa | ba | wa | ya | la | a | sa | tsa | ya | tsa |
Possesive (mine) | wa me | ba me | wa me | ya me | la me | a me | sa me | tsa me | ya me | tsa me |
Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 | Class 5 | Class 6 | Class 7 | Class 8 | Class 9 | Class 10 | |
mo- | ba- | mo- | me- | le- | ma- | se- | di- | - | di- | |
Adjective -ntle | yo montle | ba bantle | o montle | e mentle | le lentle | a mantle | se sentle | tse dintle | e ntle | tse dintle |
relative | yo o | ba ba | o o | e e | le le | a a | se se | tse di | e e | tse di |
this/these | yo | ba | o | e | le | a | se | tse | e | tse |
that/those | yoo | bao | oo | eo | leo | ao | seo | tseo | eo | tseo |
that yonder | yole | bale | ole | ele | lele | ale | sele | tsele | ele | tsele |
numbers | mongwe | babedi | mongwe | mebedi | leongwe | mabedi | seongwe | dibedi | engwe | dibedi |
Noun Classes 11 to 15
Class 11 | Class 12 | Class 13 | Class 14 | Class 15 | |
lo- | din- | bo- | ma- | go | |
Example | lonao | dinao | bogobe | magobe | go bua |
Pronoun | |||||
Subject Marker | lo | di | bo | ma | go |
Subject Marker (negative) |
ga lo | ga di | ga bo | ga ma | ga go |
Object Marker | lo | di | bo | a | go |
Of | lwa | tsa | ba | a | ga |
Possesive (mine) | lwa me | tsa me | ba me | a me | ga me |
Class 11 | Class 12 | Class 13 | Class 14 | Class 15 | |
lo- | din- | bo- | ma- | go | |
Adjective -ntle | lo lontle | tse dintle | |||
relative | lo lo | tse di | bo bo | go go | |
this/these | lo | tse | bo | a | go/kwa/mo/fa |
that/those | loo | tseo | boo | ao | goo/koo/moo/faa |
that yonder | lole | tsele | bole | gole/kole/mole/fale | |
numbers |