In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

PART ONE 27 LESSON 10 THE PA AND KU CLASSES These two classess can be treated together, for they are simple and short. The PA class has only one word, pahali “a place” or “places”. This word is sometimes replaced by mahali, whose meaning is the same. Adjectives qualifying this noun take the pa prefix, e.g. pahali (mahali) pazuri, “a good place, good places”. Mahali pabaya, bad place, bad places.” The KU class contains all the verbs serving as nouns. As we shall see shortly, Swahili infinitives (nouns derived from verbs) begin with KU, e. g. kusoma, “to read, or reading”. The adjectives also take the KU prefix. Thus: Kusoma ni kuzuri, “reading is good”. Kuimba kwingi ni kubaya, “Much singing is bad”. Kula sana ni kubaya, “Too much eating is bad”. EXERCISE 13 Translate into Swahili: 1. Reading is good but too much reading is bad. 2. Big hotels have many rooms and nice beds. 3. Arusha is a big place; it has many people. At night there is nice singing and dancing (kucheza dansi) 4. The world is a beautiful place. 5. Walls are hard. 6. Eating bananas only (tu) is a bad habit (tabia). NB More verbs will be given later on. You may use any of them as a noun following the rules given above. ...

Share