CRUV COLLEGE
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE
TO: MGTR. NÁDILA SANJUR
BY: GUILLERMO MENDOZA
6-712-1784
2. Divide the following words by placing a + between their morphemes. (Some
of the words may be monomorphemic and therefore indivisible.)
Example: replaces = re + place + s
1. retroactive = retro + act + ive
2. befriended = be + friend + ed
3. televise = tele + vise
4. margin = margin
5. endearment = en + dear+ ment
6. psychology = psych+ ology
7. unpalatable = un + palat + able
8. holiday = holi + day
9. grandmother = grand + mother
10.
morphemic = morph + em + ic
11. mistreatment = mis + treat + ment
12. deactivation = de+ act + iv+ at +tion
13. saltpeter = salt + peter
14. airsickness = air + sick + ness
5A. Consider the following nouns in Zulu and proceed to look for the
recurring forms.
umfazi “married woman”
abafazi “married women”
umfani “boy”
abafani “boys”
umzali “parent”
abazali “parents”
umfundisi “teacher”
abafundisi “teachers”
umbazi “carver”
ababazi “carvers”
umlimi “farmer”
abalimi “farmers”
umdlali “player”
abadlali “players”
umfundi “reader”
abafundi “readers
What is the morpheme meaning “singular” in Zulu?
CRUV COLLEGE
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE
TO: MGTR. NÁDILA SANJUR
BY: GUILLERMO MENDOZA
6-712-1784
umb. What is the morpheme meaning “plural” in Zulu?
abac. List the Zulu stems to which the singular and plural morphemes are attached, and give their
meanings.
Zulu
English
-fazi
‘married woman’
-fani
‘boy’
-zali
‘parent’
-fundisi
‘teacher’
-bazi
‘carver’
-limi
‘farmer’
-dlali
‘player’
-fundi
‘reader’
Stems (singular)
um+fazi (married woman)
um +fani( boy)
um +zali( parent)
um +fundisi( teacher)
um +basi( carver)
um +limi(farmer)
um +dlali(player)
um +fundi(reader)
Meanings
Prefix + adjective + noun
Prefix + noun
Prefix + noun
Prefix + verb + suffix
Prefix + verb + suffix
Prefix + verb + suffix
Prefix + verb + suffix
Prefix + verb + suffix
Stems (singular)
aba+fazi (married women)
aba +fani( boys)
aba +zali( parents)
aba +fundisi( teachers)
aba +basi( carvers)
aba +limi(farmers)
aba +dlali(players)
aba +fundi(readers)
Meanings
Prefix + verb + noun
Prefix + noun + suffix
Prefix + noun + suffix
Prefix + noun + suffix
Prefix + noun + suffix
Prefix + noun + suffix
Prefix + noun + suffix
Prefix + noun + suffix