AFL1503
ASSIGNMENT 2 SEMESTER 1 2024
, SESOTHO SA LEBOA/ NORTHERN SOTHO 23
ASSIGNMENT 23
CLOSING DATE :
UNIQUE NUMBER :
NB: ONLY DO THE ASSIGNMENT FOR THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED.
Content: This assignment is based on the following:
Study Guide AFL1503
AFL1503_N.Sotho_.pdf under Additional Resources in myUnisa.
Objective: The main objective of this assignment is to test your knowledge of the following:
• Vocabulary related to communication in the following situations: at the doctor, in the
clothing store, in the restaurant, at the bank, in the office, during the holidays, talking over
the phone and about the weather, amongst others.
• The formation of simple questions and sentences in the present, past and future tenses
(positive and negative), locatives, deverbatives, object concords, possessive concords,
copula constructions, adjectives, commands and numerals in Northern Sotho.
• Your ability to translate from and into Northern Sotho or respond to questions based on a
passage or picture.
INSTRUCTIONS:
PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT:
The language I have chosen is ……… (fill in the name of the language you have chosen to learn
in this module
POTŠIŠO YA 1/ QUESTION 1
1.1 Give the correct locative form of the nouns in brackets: (Write down the full sentence
including the correct form in Northern Sotho).
(a) Monna o tšhela pêterôlo (karatšhe). ‘The man is putting petrol at the garage.’
(b) Ankê o apee bogôbe (pitša) ye. ‘Please cook the porridge in this pot.’
(c) Bašemane ba, ba dula (Polokwane). ‘These boys live in Polokwane.’
(d) Baithuti ba swanetše go ya (bokgobapuku). ‘The learners must go to the library.’
(e) Bana ba ipshina (malome). ‘The children enjoy themselves at uncle’s place.’
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