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22 SWAHILI MADE EASY LESSON 8 THE MA CLASS This class has been named after its plural prefix ma.It has no singular prefix, or as some say, it lost it in the process of transformation common to all living languages. The singular prefix however, reappears in the verbs and possessive adjectives (langu,lako.lenu, etc,) as will become clear after we have dealt with verbs and adjectives. Here are some of the commonest nouns in this class: jambo, matter mambo, matters jina, name majina, names jino, tooth meno, teeth jicho, eye macho, eyes jibu, answer majibu, answers jiko, kitchen meko, kitcchen jiwe, stone mawe, stones sikio, ear masikio, ears swali, question maswali, questions tunda, fruit matunda, fruits shamba, field, farm mashamba, fields, farms samduku, box suitcase masanduku, boxes, suitcases The following nouns are used only in their plural form: mafuta, oil matata, trouble maji, water mahindi, maize maziwa, milk mazungumzo, talk, conversation maradhi, diseases mate, saliva majani, grass maajabu, wonders PART ONE 23 Adjectives remain unchanged in the singular, and have ma prefix in the plural.Thus: jina zuri, a good name swali gumu, a difficult question majina mazuri, good names maswali magumu, difficult questions EXERCISE 10 Translate into Swahili: 1. The child has nice eyes and big ears. 2. Teachers have sharp eyes and wide ears. 3. The dog has a nice name. 4. The question is difficult but the answer is easy. 5. Old men discuss (jadili) important (muhimu) matters. 6. The women with big boxes have good news. 7. Small children have water, mothers have milk. 8. Bananas and fruits; houses and doors; fields and grass. 9. Big stones are few but small are mamy 10. Eyes and ears are wonders; rain and rivers also. EXERCISE 11 Add the right prefixes: 1. Watoto wana mikono -dogo na macho - kubwa. 2. Wageni ni -ingi na -ote ni watu -zuri. 3. Viti ni -chache na watoto ni -engi. 4. Ndizi ni matunda -tamu na ni -ingi. 5. Mikate ni -zuri na ni -ingi. 6. Chakula ni -ghali lakini ni -dogo. 7. Kiswahili ni lugha -zuri na -rahisi. 8. Nyumba ni -kubwa lakini vyumba ni -dogo. 9. Milango ni -pana na -zuri lakini -chache. 10. Wagonjwa ni watu -pole na walimu ni watu -bora. ...

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