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BLOCK 4: WEEK 2
EDUC 1266 ADVERB ADVERBS
Titjhere: Buka ya hao e kae?
Disebo: E setse hae, titjhere. Ka nnete ke e lebetse hodima tafole.
Titjhere: O tlo bala jwang buka e le siyo?
Disebo: Ke kopa ho tla le yona hosane. Ke tla bala haholo ha ke fihla ka tlung.
Titjhere: Wena Thabang o tlo bala le mang?
3 The Adverb
• An adverb describes a verb.
• It is a word that gives us more information about a verb, phrases or whole sentences in order to make their meaning more accurate. • There are THREE types of adverbs-Mefuta ya mahlalosi Lehlalosi la mokgwa-The adverb of manner that answers the question: How? Lehlalosi la nako-the adverb of time which answers the question: (When?). Lehlalosi la sebaka-The adverb of place which answers the question: (Where?). 4 Formation of adverbs: Adverb of place
Some adverbs are complete words that do not need any
addition of suffixes. • O dula kae? • Lebitso la hao o mang? • O fihlile neng? • O tsamaile jwang? • O fihlile hantle. 5
Proper nouns can also be used as adverbs
Thabo o dula Maseru Disebo o kena sekolo Wits Mpho o tswa Limpopo 6
The suffix “ng” is added to nouns to form adverbs.
The ‘newly’ formed word becomes the adverb of place. Sekolo-Sekolong Setulo-setulong The morpheme “ho” or “ha” is added to the noun Malome-ho malome Thabo-ho Thabo Ke tswa ho Thabo. Ke tswa ha Thabo 7
(Maemedi) Pronouns can be used to form adverbs of place.
Refilwe o ile ho bona Banna ba mathela tsona Basadi ba ile ho yena 8 Adverbs of time
Some nouns can work as adverbs of time
Re tsamaya motsheare Ke bala bosiu. Some nouns take the morphemes to become adverbs of time “Ka” can be added to the noun Mantaha-Ke fihlile ka Mantaha “-ng” can be added to the noun O fihlile kgweding e fetileng. 9
Tlala le Alicia ke baithuti ba Sesotho yunibesithing ya Wits
hona mona Gauteng. Bobedi ba bona ba rata puo ena haholo. Ba dula ba le teng ka phaposing kamehla mme ba mamela ka hloko ha mosuwe a ntse a ruta. Thuto ya Sesotho e qala ka Labone, thapama. Baithuti ba mmalwa ba palama dibese tse tsamayang hanyane ebe jwale ba fihla e le kgale dithuto di qadile. Ha ba fihla ba ya ho titjhere ho mo hlalosetsa mathata a bona. Baithuti bao ba laelwa ho dula ditulong tse ka morao.