Mathe le Leleme Vol 1: Tweetalige Suid-Sotho kursus/Bilingual Southern Sotho course

Authors

C F Swanepoel
University of South Africa
J M Lenake
University of South Africa

Keywords:

Language teaching, African language, Bilingual Course, Grammer

Synopsis

ISBN: 0 86981 446 X 

Publication Date: 31 December 1979

 

Text in Afrikaans, English and Sotho.

The primary objective of this course is language usage presented in the form of conversations and/or repetitive activities

Contents

Selelekela

lnleiding

Introduction

THUTO YA 1

Die klanke van Suid-Sotho

The sounds of Southern Sotho

THUTO YA 2

1 Goeiendag!

Good day!

2 Vokatiewe

Vocatives

THUTO YA 3

1 Hoe gaan dit?

How are you?

2 Vraagsinne

Interrogative sentences

THUTO YA 4

Dit is. Dit is nie.

It is. It is not.

2 Kopulatiewe

Copulatives

THUTO YA 5

1 Wat is dit?

What is this?

2 Die naamwoordklassesisteem

The noun class system

THUTO YA 6

Wat doen hy/sy/hulle?

What is he/she doing?

What are they doing?

2 Eenvoudige werkwoordsinne

Elementary verbal sentences

THUTO YA 7 

1 Waar?

Where?

2 Hy/sy/hulle ... in/op/by/na ....

He/she/they . . . inion/at/to ....

3 Die windrigtings

The directions of the wind

4 Die vier seisoene

The four seasons

5 Die maande

The months

6 Lokatiewe

Locatives

THUTO YA 8

1 Op, onder, voor, agter, tussen

On, under, in front of, behind, between, among

2 Posisionele lokatiewe

Positional locatives

THUTO YA 9  

1 Een, twee, drie, vier, vyf, ses, sewe, agt, nege, tien

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nme, ten

2 Die dae van die week

The days of the week

3 Adjektiewe en relatiewe stukke

Adjectival and relative phrases

THUTO YA 10

Hersiening

Revision

THUTO YA 11

1 Wat doen hy/sy/hulle?

What is he/she doing?

What are they doing?

2 Eenvoudige negatiewe werkwoordsinne

Elementary negative verbal sentences

THUTO YA 12

1 Hy/sy/hulle sa/ . . . Hy/sy/hulle sal nie . . .

He/she/they will/shall

He/she/they will/shall not

2 Toekomende werkwoordsinne

Future verbal sentences

THUTO YA 13

Die mo-lme- klasse

The mo-lme- classes

2 Hulle skakelsisteem

Their concordial system

3 Woordeskat

Vocabulary

THUTO YA 14

1 Die le-Ima- klasse

The le-Ima- classes

2 Die se-/di- klasse

The se-ldi- classes

3 Hulle skakelsisteem

Their concordial system

4 Woordeskat

Vocabulary

THUTO YA 15

Ek, ons; jy, julle; hy/sy, hulle

/, we; you; he/she/they

2 Die voornaamwoordsisteem

The pronominal system

3 Die absolute voornaamwoord

The absolute pronoun

THUTO YA 16

1 HOE VORDER ONS?

ASSESSING OUR PROGRESS

2 Eerste klankverskuiwings

First sound shifts

THUTO YA 17

1 Hoe om besit uit te druk

How to communicate possession

2 Besitlike stukke

Possessive phrases

THUTO YA 18

Die man wat loop, ens.

The man who 1s walking, etc.

2 Werkwoordelike relatiewe stukke

Verbal relative phrases

THUTO YA 19

1 Nog meer werkwoorde

More verbs

2 Nog meer werkwoordelike relatiewe stukke

More verbal relative phrases

THUTO YA 20

Hoe om voltooide werkwoordprosesse uit te druk

How to communicate perfect verbal processes

THUTO YA 21

Mekaar

Each other

2 Wederkerige prosesse

Reciprocal processes

THUTO YA 22

1 Vir, namens, ten opsigte van, in die rigting van

For, on behalf of, ,n the direction of

2 Applikatiewe prosesse

Applied processes

THUTO YA 23

1Hoe om prosesse uit te druk wat veroorsaak word

How to communicate processes which are caused to happen

2 Kousatiewe prosesse

Causative processes

THUTO YA 24

1 Hoe om toestande uit te druk

How to communicate states

2 Ek is honger. Ek is nie honger nie., ens.

I am hungry I am not hungry., etc.

3 Sotho se sewe mooi maniere van dra.

Sotho's seven sweet ways of carry.

THUTO YA 25

1 VERSTMN U?

DO YOU FOLLOW?

2 Kerekeng  

THUTO YA 26

1 VERSTAAN U?

DO YOU FOLLOW?

2 Polasing

THUTO YA 27

1 Versoeke, wense, opdragte, bevele

Requests, wishes, instructions, commands

2 lmperatiewe

Imperatives

THUTO YA 28

Meer oor versoeke, wense, bedes, opdragte, bevele

More on requests, wishes, prayers, instructions, commands

THUTO YA 29

Kitjhining

THUTO YA 30

1 'Nog'

'Still'

2 Die progressiewe -sa

The progressive -sa

THUTO YA 31

1 Hierdie/daardie/daardie

This/these; that/those; that yonder/those yonder

2 Die demonstratiewe voomaamwoord

The demonstrative pronoun

THUTO YA 32

1 Hoe om naamwoordelike items met ander naamwoorde

te omskryf

How to qualify nominal items by means of other nouns

2 Hoe om naamwoordelike items met relatiewe stamme te

omskryf

How to qualify nominal items by means of relative stems

3 Die n-/din- klasse

The n-/din- classes

4 Die bo-lma- klasse

The bo-/ma- classes

5 Hulle skakelsisteem

Their concordial system

6 Hulle voornaamwoordelike sisteem

Their pronominal system

THUTO YA 33

1 Watter?

Which?

2 Ander/verskillend/vreemd

Other/different/foreign

3 al/alles/almal/die hele

all/everything/everybody/the whole

4 Die kwantitatiewe voornaamwoord

The quantitative pronoun

THUTO YA 34

Nag meer voltooide prosesse en toestande

More perfect processes and states

THUTO YA 35

1 Kousatiewe en applikatiewe prosesse

Causative and applicative processes

THUTO YA 36

1 Passiewe prosesse

Passive processes

2 Meer klankverskuiwings

More sound shifts

3 Die ho-klas

The ho- class

4 Naamwoorde afgelei van werkwoorde

Deverbative nouns

SAAKREGISTER

SUBJECT INDEX

 

Author Biographies

C F Swanepoel, University of South Africa

Prof C F Swanepoel was attached to the Department of African Languages, at the University of South Africa.

J M Lenake, University of South Africa

Prof J M Lenake was attached to the Department of African Languages at the University of South Africa.

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February 11, 2026