In the post about family, we saw these examples:
Muche wangu adzagula mboga.
Mulume wangu a muhoni.
Wana wangu manahendza kurya maizu.
What is the consonant which goes with muche and mulume?
What is the consonant which goes with wana?
For both Class 1 (mu-, mw-) and Class 2 (a-, w-), the consonant is w-.
Read aloud all the following examples, and get used to saying them as phrases:
Muche wangu adzagula mboga.
Mulume wangu a muhoni.
Wana wangu manahendza kurya maizu.
What is the consonant which goes with muche and mulume?
What is the consonant which goes with wana?
For both Class 1 (mu-, mw-) and Class 2 (a-, w-), the consonant is w-.
Read aloud all the following examples, and get used to saying them as phrases:
m (mw) class (Class 1)
| mulume wangu | my man, my husband |
| muche wangu | my woman, my wife |
| mwana wangu | my son |
| muzhazi wangu | my parent |
| mutsedza wangu | my father-in-law (of man) or my mother-in-law (of man) |
| musichana wangu | my girl |
| mut'u wangu | my person |
| muvulana wangu | my boy |
| mwana wangu | my child |
| musena wangu | my friend |
| mwalimu wangu | my teacher |
a class (Class 2)
| alume wangu | my men |
| ache wangu | my women |
| wana wangu | my sons |
| azhazi wangu | my parents |
| at'u wangu | my people |
| avulana wangu | my boys |
| asena wangu | my friends |
| alimu wangu | my teachers |
Exercises
Fill in the gaps
Each sentence is missing the word my and some of the other agreements. Fill them in, and translate the sentences to English.
Example:
Mwalimu ______ _nadima kunena Kigiriama.
Mwalimu wangu anadima kunena Kigiriama.
Musena ______ __nenda Malindi.
Wana ______ __ sikuleni.
Muche ______ __nahendza kuenda baharini.
__vulana ______ madzagula mboga.
Wazhazi ______ __dzashoma
Wana ______ __ sikuleni.
Muche ______ __nahendza kuenda baharini.
__vulana ______ madzagula mboga.
Wazhazi ______ __dzashoma
Write your own
Write 3 sentences using "mu-" nouns and 3 sentences using "a-" nouns. Every sentence should include wangu somewhere!
