Revision 6289 of "le" on tnwiktionarySubject concord
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In Tswana nouns are divided into various noun classes. The noun class
determines the subject concord for instance - this is very important in the construction
of sentences.
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<td align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">Class</font></b></td>
<td align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">Prefix</font></b></td>
<td align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">Subject <br>
concord</font></b></td>
<td align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">Example</font></b></td>
<td align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">Translation<br>
of example</font></b></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">1</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">mo-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[o]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>mo</b>sadi</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">woman</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">2</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">ba-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[ba]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>ba</b>sadi</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">women</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">1a</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[o]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">ntate</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">father</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">2a</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">ba-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[ba]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>bo</b>ntate</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">fathers</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">3</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">mo-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[o]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>mo</b>se</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">dress</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">4</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">me-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[e]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>me</b>se</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">dresses</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">5</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">le-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[le]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>le</b>leme</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">tongue</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">6</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">ma-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[a]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>ma</b>leme</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">tongues</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">7</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">se-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[se]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>se</b>fate</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">tree</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">8</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">di-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[di]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>di</b>fate</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">trees</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">9</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[e]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">ntja</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">dog</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">10</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">di-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[di]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>di</b>ntja</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">dogs</font></td>
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<td align="center" colspan="5"><font size="2" face="Arial">Classes 11, 12
and 13 are mainly used in languages such as isiZulu and isiXhosa</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">14</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">bo-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[bo]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>bo</b></font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">bread</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">15</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">go-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[go]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>go</b> tsamaja</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">to walk</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">16</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[go]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">fatshe</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">down</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">17</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">go-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[go]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>go</b>dimo</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">up</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">18</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">mo-</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">[[o]]</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>mo</b>se</font></td>
<td align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">abroad</font></td>
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[[ar:le]]
[[ast:le]]
[[br:le]]
[[chr:le]]
[[cs:le]]
[[cy:le]]
[[da:le]]
[[de:le]]
[[el:le]]
[[en:le]]
[[es:le]]
[[et:le]]
[[fi:le]]
[[fj:le]]
[[fr:le]]
[[ga:le]]
[[gn:le]]
[[hu:le]]
[[io:le]]
[[it:le]]
[[ja:le]]
[[jbo:le]]
[[ka:le]]
[[ko:le]]
[[ku:le]]
[[la:le]]
[[ln:le]]
[[lt:le]]
[[lv:le]]
[[mg:le]]
[[mt:le]]
[[nl:le]]
[[no:le]]
[[oc:le]]
[[pl:le]]
[[pt:le]]
[[ru:le]]
[[scn:le]]
[[st:le]]
[[sv:le]]
[[th:le]]
[[tr:le]]
[[vi:le]]
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