SCHOOL OF ARTS HOWARD COLLEGE & WESTVILLE CAMPUS

DEGREE EXAMINATIONS: UNDERGRADUATE NOVEMBER: 2023

MODULE: BASIC ISIZULU LANGUAGE STUDIES A
CODE: ZULN101 H2 ISIKHATHI: AMAHORA AMA-3 ISAMBA:
150
ABAHLOLI BANGAPHAKATHI: DR R GOKOOL, DR S NAIDOO & MR B
NENE
UMHLOLI WANGAPHANDLE: PROF SE NGUBANE
INSTRUCTIONS
FINAL MARK
Isibongo __________________________________________________
Igama __________________________________________________
i-Student namba: ______________________________________________

SECTION A

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL
20 10 10 50 90

SECTION B

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL
10 20 20 10 60

Instructions
1. This paper is divided into two sections. Section A consists of
Language type questions. Section B consists of Comprehension/Creative
Writing questions.
2. Answer the questions on the paper.
3. This paper consists of 13 pages and 8 questions
4. Hand in the question paper at the end of the examination

SECTION A

UMBUZO 1 [20 marks]

Provide the negative form of the following sentences.
1. Izinja zesaba izingane.
2. Nigulile.
3. Onesi bazosiza iziguli.
4. OThandi belapha ugogo.
5. Ingane ithande ukudlala ibhola.
6. Amakhosi azofika kusasa.
7. Ubisi luyaphela.
8. Sesaba ibhubesi.
9. Isela lizokweba imoto.
10. Wosa inyama.
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UMBUZO 2 [10 marks]
Change the following sentences from the Present Tense into the Recent
Past Tense
Bayafunda
Bafunda isiNgisi
Obaba besaba izilwane
Ngenza iphutha
Ayadlala
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UMBUZO 3 [10marks]
Change the following sentences from the Present Tense into the Future
Tense
Inkosikazi ithenga imoto
Amadoda osa inyama
Izinduna zakha imizi
Amasela eba imali
Siyafunda
ANSWERS
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UMBUZO 4 [50 marks]
HUMUSHA
1. Last week we did not go to the Pavilion. We went to Gateway [3]
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2. Are you (plural) going to UKZN today? No, we are not going today. We will go
next week [3]
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3. Whom are you speaking to? I am not speaking to Thandi. I am speaking to
Sindi. [3]
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4. Are you making tea or (noma) coffee? I am not making tea. I will make coffee.
[3]
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5. We will not travel by car. We will travel by bus because (ngoba) it is cheap to
travel by bus. [3]
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 6. Where is the child going to? She is not going to UKZN, she is going home.
[3]
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7. When are you writing the test? Today or tomorrow? [3]
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8. At what time did Thandi arrive (fika)? She did not arrive at 6 on Saturday.
She arrived at 10 yesterday. [3]
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9. Where are the nurses? I don’t know. I did not see the nurses today.
[3]
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10. Does Sindi have a car? No, she has a motorbike (isithuthuthu). [3]

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11. Why are the teachers complaining (khala)? [2]
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12.What are the men smoking (bhema)?
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 13.Are you (plural) braaing (osa) today or tomorrow? [2]

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14. Is it raining in Stanger? [2]
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15.No, it is drizzling. [2]
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16.It is hot in Durban. [2]
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17.Is it snowing in Lesotho? [2]
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18.How is the weather in kwaMashu? [2]
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19.It is thundering in Johannesburg. [2]
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20.It is windy in Cape Town. [2]
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SECTION B
UMBUZO 1 [10 MARKS]
Read the article reproduced from https:/Reuters.com/ (October 7, 2023)
and answer the following questions (in isiZulu).
Written by Anait Miridzhanian and Andrew Heavens
Desmond Tutu's modest car reminds South Africans of his values
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu could
have chosen practically any car in the world when billionaire Warren Buffett
offered to buy him a vehicle.
But in 2008, the archbishop picked a modest Toyota Corolla with manual
transmission over the luxury BMWs and Mercedes Benz favoured by government
ministers. He gave the cash left over from the U.S. investor’s present to the poor.
The Desmond Tutu Intellectual Property Trust, which manages his legacy, has put
the old car on show along with his books and possessions in honour of Tutu’s
92nd birthday, which he would have celebrated on Saturday.
“We hope this lesson ... by the Arch about us not being tempted by opulence, by
being sensitive to the least amongst us is the takeaway people (who have) seen
that car will make,” Trust chairperson Mamphela Ramphele told Reuters, referring
to Tutu by his nickname.
“We cannot but keep that prophetic voice alive to remind us that we can be
better, as he would tell us, that we are designed for better things,” Ramphele
said.
The car, displayed in Cape Town, the city where the archbishop lived for most of
his later life, became a symbol of Tutu’s values.
Former president Nelson Mandela, who died in December 2013, described his
long-time friend as “the voice of the voiceless”.
Desmond Mpilo Tutu, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his non-violent
opposition to white minority rule, died in 2021.
Widely revered across South Africa’s racial and cultural divides for his moral
integrity, Tutu never stopped fighting for his vision of a “Rainbow Nation” in
which all races in post-apartheid South Africa could live in harmony.
ANSWERS
1. uArchbishop Desmond Tutu wawina nini iNobel Prize for Peace
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2. uArchbishop Desmond Tutu washona nini.
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3. uNelson Mandela washona nini.
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4. Ubani umthengelwe uArchbishop Desmond Tutu imoto
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5. uArchbishop Desmond Tutu ukhethe (chose) yiphi imoto
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6. Wena uthanda yiphi imoto
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7. uArchbishop Desmond Tutu wayithola nini imoto yakhe
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8. Ungayibona kuphi imoto ka-Archbishop
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9. Bhala igama lesihlalo seDesmond Tutu Intellectual Property Trust
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10.Wena uthanda ukuvakashela eKapa
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UMBUZO 2 [20 marks] Indaba kaNolwazi

NginguNolwazi Mthimkhulu waseCeza. Uyakwazi idolobha laseCeza? Yebo noma

cha? Cha. Kulungile, ngizochaza. Idolobha laseCeza liseKwaZulu-Natali. Uyamazi
uKing uGoodwill Zwelethini? Izigodlo zikaKing Goodwill Zwelithini ziseNongoma.
Idolobha lami liseduze naseNongoma. Kuthatha amahora angu-1 ukuya
eNongoma. Ngineminyaka eyi-12. Ngifunda eHlengimpilo. Ngenza ibanga
lesikhombisa. Ngihlala nogogo nomkhulu kanye nobhuti wami omdala. Ubaba
nomama bashona ngisemncane kakhulu. Umama wayenguSolwazi wesiZulu
efundisa oNgoye kanti ubaba yena wayengudokotela esibhedlela
saseNgwelezana. Ugogo uthi umama nobaba batholana befunda eNyuvesi
yaKwaZulu-Natali.
 Ngithanda ukudlala ibhola lomuphebezo. Nginesifiso sokuba sezingeni
likaSimona Halep. Ngaziwe umhlaba wonke jikelele. Ngineqoqo lezithombe
zabadlali besifazane bethenisi. Izithombe engizithanda kakhulu esikaSerena
Williams kanye noMaria Sharapova.
Kusasa mina ngizohamba nogogo nomkhulu sizoya emtholampilo. Okubi kakhulu
ukuthi umkhulu unoshukela uyawujovela kanti ugogo unehayihayi. Uma libalele
noma lipholile sizohamba ngezinyawo. Uma likhemezela sizophatha izambulela
kodwa uma liyidliva libaneka sizogibela ibhasi. Umkhulu akathandi ukugibela
ama-Uber.
Siya emtholampilo. Sigqoke izifonyo. Umtholampilo uKwaCaluza KwaCeza.
Asihambi nge-Uber. Sihamba ngebhasi. Ibhasi aligcwele abantu. Ebhasini abanye
abantu abazifakile kahle izifonyo. Sifika emtholampilo. Kugcwele iziguli
nodokotela nonesi. Uma sifika esangweni lasemtholampilo unogada
uyasisanethayiza. Usihlola izinga lokushisa.
Bhala isibongo sikaNolwazi [2]
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Uhlalaphi umndeni kaNolwazi [2]
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Likuphi idolobha laseCeza [2]
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UNolwazi uneminyaka emingaki [2]
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UNolwazi uhlala nobani [2]
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Likuphi ikliniki [2]
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Khetha yebo noma cha [4x2]
7.1. Abazali bakaNolwazi basebenza oNgoye YEBO CHA
7.2. Ubabamkhulu uthanda ukugibela i-uber YEBO CHA
7.3. Ugogo uphethwe ushukela YEBO CHA
7.4. USerena Williams ungumdlali webhola lomuphebezo YEBO CHA
UMBUZO 3 [20 marks]
Gcalisa le fomu.

ISIBHEDLELA SASETHUSINI

Gcwalisa imininingwane yakho.

ISIBONGO SESIGULI __________________________

IGAMA LESIGULI __________________________
IKHELI __________________________

USUKU LOKUZALWA __________________________

UBUDALA __________________________
IGAMA LEMEDIKHALI-AID __________________________
INOMBOLO YEMEDIKHALI-AID __________________________
IGAMA LIKADOKOTELA __________________________
INOMBOLO EYECELULA __________________________
UMBUZO 4 [10 marks]
Write an account of what you will do during the vacation (ngamaholide
azayo). You must use the Future Tense (positive and negative).
Minimum number of sentences = 12
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