Course Content

 uKhozi

Language Learning Solutions

_________________________________________

IsiZulu Basic Communication Course For

Beginners

_______________

 Course Content 

Course Content will be regularly updated and wherever possible, or if a need arises, additional content will be added and, or existing content altered to ensure quality

Introduction to IsiZulu, Culture, Heritage and Context

The Nguni Group of Languages

Linguistic Theory For IsiZulu And IsiXhosa (Summary)

South African Languages - A Brief Overview.

The 11 Official South African Languages.

• 
  

Phonology

Syllable Structure, Vowels (7), Consonants, Tones, Stress, Script and Orthography

Morphology

The Nominal

Agreement system, Numbers

Pronouns

Personal, possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite.

Independent pronouns 

Subject and Object markers

Demonstrative Pronouns :

Demonstrative Pronouns 

Verbals 

The verb shows always concord with the subject

The Negative Marker

The Relative Marker

The Subject Marker 

The Tense Markers

The Object Marker i

The Root 

The Final Suffix

The Post-Final Slot 

Syntax

Lexicon

Basic Vocabulary

Some Features Of Zulu Nouns (Prof. A.C. Nkabinde) 

Introduction, The Structure Of The Primary Noun, The Use Of Primary Nouns, The Interjective Sentence,
The Interrogative Sentence, The Declarative Sentence 

Verbal and non-verbal predicates 

(a) The verbal predicate 

(b) The Non-Verbal Predicate

Case Forms.

The identification of the agent case 

Identification of the instrumental case 

Identification of the locative case Stative verbs 

Transposition Of The Noun In The Sentence

Zulu Nouns

Tone of Nouns

Use of the Full and Simple Forms.

Locatives

Possessives / The Possessive Form.

Copulatives / The Copulative Form.

ProNouns (Personal pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns).

Adjectives 

True Adjectives (“izi-phawulo”).

Relatives..

Verbs.

Subject and Object Concords

Derived Verbs

Tenses and Moods

Infinitives, The infinitive, Imperatives, Present Tense, Past Tense, The

Future Tense, Subjunctives, Stative Verbs

_____________________________________________

Asikhulume : "Let's Communicate"

Conversational isiZulu 

Reading and Writing Basic isiZulu Words, Sentences and Short Phrases

Listening to and understanding simple isiZulu Phrases

___________________________

Access Our Wide Variety of  Online Resources Worth More Than R 1000 @ No Extra Cost

______________

Online / Offline

____________________

Digital - Online Content
__________________________

• Social Media
• Mobile Dictionary Apps
• Translation Apps
• More than 20 Video and Audio Lessons
• Online Assessment Tools

FREE Language Learning Apps 

Worth more than R 1000

No need for Books - All Content Available Online @ The Click Of A Mouse

_________________________________

 

An Initiative of  uBuntu Heritage Resources 

_______________________________

uBuntu

uBuntu Heritage Resources 

_________