DLLC2022

2022 September Examinations

Faculty: ARTS & HUMANITIES

Department: LANGUAGES LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Paper Code and Title: LAICBMND101: LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SCIENCES –
NDEBELE BEGINNERS

Duration: 3 HOURS

Examiner(s): MS L. NDEBELE
MS S. SAYI
MS S. MAPHOSA
MR T. GOPO

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer ALL questions.

2. Write your programme code and Reg number on each page.
3. Answer all questions in the spaces provided in the question paper.
4. This question paper comprises 6 printed pages.
NB: DO NOT TURN OVER THE QUESTION PAPER OR COMMENCE WRITING
UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.
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1. Fill in the following sentences using your personal details:

a)……………………..lami ngingu…………………………………………………[2]

b)………………………sami ngesako………………………………………………[2]

c)……………………………eHarare [2]

d) ……………. ………………..enyuvesithi yeZimbabwe [2]

e) Ngivela……………………………………………………………………… [2]

2. Provide typical Ndebele greetings and responses for the following situations:

a) When greeting a crowd of people in a meeting

…………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………….[2]

b) Upon encountering your parents after waking up in the morning;

................................................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................................... [2]

c) Upon meeting a stranger who is younger than you in your home

................................................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................................... [2]

d) Upon meeting your lecturer in the evening;

................................................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................................ [2]

e) Upon encountering an elderly relative in town .

................................................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................................... [2]

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3. Give Ndebele equivalents for the following sentences:

a) I want to go now……...................................................................................................[1]
b) You are reading your books: ........................................................................................[1]
c) Our mother is beautiful: ………….............................................................................. [1]
d) John is my boyfriend: ................................................................................................. [1]
e) I am not feeling well: .................................................................................................. [1]

4. Complete the sentences below with an appropriate word from the given options:
a) Isigqoko……………….. sithethwe ngumntwana {yami/ sami/ lami/ wami}. [1]
b) Iphepha……………… lincane {zakhe/ yakhe/ bakhe/ lakhe}. [1]
c) Abazali……………… bathanda uNkulunkulu {bonke/ zonke/ yonke/ wonke}. [1]
d) Izindlu……... ………ziseHarare {sethu/ bethu/ zethu/ yethu}. [1]
e) Uluju………….….... lumnandi. {lwami/ yakhe/ wami/ bami}.

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5. Construct Ndebele sentences using the correct given tenses for the following verbs.
{Example: Bhala (future tense) – amankazana azabhala kusasa}

a) hlala (present tense) ……………………………………………........................[2]

b) Vuka (future tense) ………………………………………….............................[2]
c) Pheka (Remote past tense)………………………………………….................. [2]
d) Khuluma (past tense) …………………………………………......................... [2]
e) Tshela (immediate past tense) ………………………………………………… [2]
f) Sebenza (Immediate past tense) .……………………….................................... [2]
g) Fundisa (Remote past tense) ………………………………………………….. [2]
h) Sebenza (Remote future tense)…………………… …………………………...[2]
i) Thanyela (Present continuous tense) …………………………………………. [2]
j) Gqoka (Immediate past tense) ………………………........................................
[2]

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6. Provide the correct subject concords for the following nouns

a) Ikhanda lakhe ……….. -buhlungu [1]
b) Isandla sami………-ncane [1]
c) Unyawo …………-khulu. [1]
d) Idolo …………-mnyama [1]
e) Isifuba …..-khe sikhulu [1]

7. Translate the following sentences into Ndebele:

a) I learn at the University of Zimbabwe.

………….……………………………….……………………......................…………. [2]
b) My friend is a teacher.
………….………………………………….………………………………..…………. [2]
c) My father is a businessman.
………..…………………………….……….………….……………..……………….. [2]
d) His mother is a lawyer.
…………………………………………….………………………………..………….. [2]
e) Mr Moyo is a farmer.
…………………………………………….………………………………..………….. [2]

8. Provide appropriate singular or plural forms for the following nouns:

a) Isicathulo……………………………………………….………...………...……….[1]
b) Abantwana……………………...…………………….…………………. …..…… [1]
c) Ubaba………………………….……………………...………………….….…...… [1]
d) Ibhasi …….……………….……………...……...……………………...………..…
[1]
e) Imithanyelo…………………….…….……….………...…….…………...………...[1]

9. Translate the following sentences from Ndebele to English:

a) Mina ngithanda ukuhlabela.

…………………………………………………………….………..………...……………….. [2]

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b) Ngileminyaka engamatshumi amane yokuzalwa.

……………….………………………………………….………..………...…………………..[2]

c) Izicathulo zakho zinkulu.

……………….………………………………..……….………..………...……………….…..[2]

d) Umfana uyadlala.

…………………………………………………………….………..………...………………..[2]

e) Abantu beZimbabwe bathanda ukudla.

…………..…………………………………………….………..………...…………………... [2]

10. Write the correct opposite of the given words:

a) Thwala: ……………………………….………..………...………….[2]
b) Vala: …………………………….………..………...………………. [2]
c) Khala: ………………………….………..………...….………………[2]
d) Vuka: ………………………………..…………….………..………...[2]
e) Buya: ……………………….……………….………..………...…….[2]

11. Construct five (5) different Ndebele sentences using the correct concordial agreement
and tenses

a) …………………………………………………………………………………….
b) ……………………………………………………………………………………..
c) ………………………………………………………………………………………
d) ………………………………………………………………………………………
e) ………………………………………………………………………………………

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