The document discusses IsiXhosa possession with clothing. It will cover weak nouns, prefixes that make nouns weak, types of weak nouns, consecutive vowels, and tables of possession for both weak and strong nouns. Weak nouns have a nasal-sounding prefix like "um" or "in". Possession is shown by adding suffixes like "am" for mine or "abo" for theirs to the noun.

1. IsiXhosa
POSSESSION
With clothing (iimpahla)
Presented by: Miss Saunders

2. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TODAY?
 Weak nouns
 What makes a noun weak?
 What are prefixes?
 What makes them weak?
 Types of weak nouns.
 Consecutive vowels
 Table of possession
 Weak nouns

3. WEAK NOUNS:
WHAT ARE PREFIXES AND WHAT MAKES THEM WEAK?
 Each noun is made up of
a prefix and a stem.
 A prefix goes infront of
the stem of the word and
helps to create the word’s
meaning.
 E.g. umfundi (learner)
versus abafundi
(learners)
 If a noun has a nasal (n or
m) sounding prefix it is a
weak noun.
 E.g. umfazi (woman),
incwadi
Prefix Stem

4. TYPES OF WEEK NOUNS:
1. The prefix ‘um’ e.g. umtwana (child)
2. Names e.g uThandi, uBen
3. Titles, e.g. utata (father), ugqirha (doctor)
4. Borrowed words, e.g. iyunivesithi, itafile
5. Prefix ‘in’ e.g. incwadi
6. Prefix ‘im’ e.g. impilo (health), imfundo
(education)

5. WHAT HAPPENS TO 2 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS?
Two vowels cannot stand together in isiXhosa unless it is a double
“o” (e.g. Ootata). Certain changes occur in the vowels if they are
added together in a specific sequence. See the directions below.
 A + I = E
 A + U = O
 A + A = A
Important for today’s lesson!
 If “i” stands in front of
“a” or “e’” it changes to
a “y”
 If “u” stands in front of
“a” or “e” it changes to
a “w”

6. TABLE OF POSSESSION:
FOR WEAK PREFIXES
Noun: Mine
… + am
Your
… + akho
Our
… + ethu
His/ Hers
… + akhe
Theirs
… + abo
Words with
“U”
Names
e.g. uTina
and titles
e.g. uQuirha
U+am =
wam
U + akho
=wakho
U + ethu
=wethu
U + akhe
=wakhe
U + abo
=wabo
Words with
“I”
e.g.
Iyunivesithi
or Imfundo
I + am
=yam
I + akho
=yakho
I + ethu
=yethu
I + akhe
=yakhe
I + abo
=yabo

7. TABLE OF POSSESSION
STRONG NOUNS
Noun: Mine Your Our His/hers Theirs
Prefix:
bam bakho bethu bakhe babo
“aba” or
“oo” e.g.
Abafundi,
ootata
Prefix:
“isi” e.g.
isihlangu
sam sakho sethu sakhe sabo
Prefix:
“izi” e.g.
izihlangu
zam zakho zethu zakhe zabo
Prefix: “ili”
e.g.
i(li)qhosha
lam lakho lethu lakhe labo