Chapter 5; Exercise #5
C. Bonner-Johnson   5/3/12

5.)   A.  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"


       a.  What is the morpheme meaning "singular" in Zulu?
            It is um.
     
       b.  What is the morpheme meaning "plural" in Zulu?
             It is aba.

       c.  List the Zulu stems to which the singular and plural morphemes are attached, and give their
            meanings.

            fazi - married woman
            fani - boy
            zali - parent
            fundisi - teacher
            bazi - carver
            limi - farmer
            dlali - player
            fundi - reader


      B.  The following Zulu verbs are derived from noun stems by adding a verbal suffix.

             fundisa - "to teach"               funda - "to read"
             lima - "to cultivate"               baza - "to carve"

      d.  Compare these words to the words in section A that are related in meaning.  What is the
           derivational suffix that specifies the category verb?
           It is ( a ).

      e.  What is the nominal suffix that forms nouns?
           It is ( i ).

      f.  State the morphological noun formation rule in Zulu.
          It is um + noun + I + ( singular ) aba + noun + I + ( plural ).

     g.  What is the stem morpheme meaning "read"?
          It is fund.

     h.  What is the stem morpheme meaning "carve"?
           It is baz.