38.
examples:
mosimane yo mosweu a white boy
koko e ntsho a black fowl
koloi e tshweu a white auto
tafole e tala a blue table
pena e khubidu a red pen
pena e tala a blue or green pen
OR
motho mosweu the person is white
moruti mokima the teacher is stout
tafole tala the table is blue
buka tona the book is big
Practice
Match the following nouns with appropriate adjectives given in
the second column. Remember that they can be combined in two
different ways.
dibuka -leele
barutwa -ntsi
mosimane -ntle
madi -kima
tzo -tona
koloi -nnye
tafoZle -sweu
pena -tala
sejo -khubidu
SLET'S COUNT
nngwe one
pedi two
tharo three
nne four
tlhano five
thataro six
supa seven
fera bobedi eight
fera bongwe nine
some ten
In Setswana, when we are referring to persons (instead of animals or
things) different words are used for the numbers 1-6. Note the
following examples.