Zulu Newspaper Reader - Dunwoody Press
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(a) + indicative (in a statement of fact or belief):<br />
kubaluleke kakhulu, futhi kuyasiza, uma ufuna ukuphepha<br />
kumalaleveva ‘it is very important, and it is useful, if you want to<br />
escape malaria<br />
UDkt Labuschagne uyavuma futhi uyexwayisa ngokuthi … ‘Dr.<br />
Labuschagne agrees and warns that …’<br />
Ngeke ngihlukane nokufunda futhi akekho oyonginqanda<br />
kulokho. ‘I will never give up study and there is noboy who will<br />
turn me away from it.’<br />
(b) + indicative participial (in a statement of doubt, possibility, …,<br />
when there is another conjunction which requires a participial form,<br />
or where a concurrent action or state is indicated):<br />
Uma ingekho nhlobo enye inhlamvu futhi i-scrotum<br />
singenalutho … ‘If it is completely absent and the scrotum is empty<br />
…’<br />
(c) + potential (in a statement of doubt, possibility, …):<br />
Kubukeka sengathi abantu besimame … banawo umdlandla,<br />
futhi bangaphumelela ezimakethe zomsebenzi ‘it seems as if<br />
women have the enthusiasm, and can succeed in the job market’<br />
(d) + subjunctive (in a statement of obligation, necessity,<br />
importance, …):<br />
kubalulekile ukuthi abonane nodokotela futhi amchazele<br />
ngendawo abekuyo ‘it is important that (s)he see a doctor and<br />
explain to him/her where (s)he was been’<br />
Amadoda angaboni emehlweni kufanele azethembe futhi<br />
akhumbule ukuthi ayafana namadoda abonayo. ‘Blind men<br />
should have faith in themselves and remember that they are the same<br />
as other men.’<br />
(e) + subjunctive (in a statement of frequency, repetition, the norm,<br />
expectation, …):<br />
Amadoda ayahlukunyezwa ngokocansi futhi kulalwe nawo<br />
nangaphandle kwasemajele. ‘Men are sexually assaulted and<br />
people have sex with hem even outside prisons.’<br />
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