IZINCIPHISO QUIZ

What are diminutives used for?

• To express smallness and size

• To express youth and quantity

• To express ordinary person and child

• To express smallness in quantity

How do we express diminutives in Zulu?

• By using a completely different word

• By adding a suffix to the same word

• By changing the vowel endings

• By changing the consonant endings

What is the isiZulu diminutive of 'dog'?

• Inja

• Injana

• injalo

• injanyana

Which suffix is used to indicate the diminutive form in Zulu?

• Anna

• Wana

• W

• Ind

What happens to words that end with 'a' in Zulu?

• They become 'ana'

• They become 'Wana'

• They become 'W'

• They become 'Ind'

What happens to words that end with 'i' in Zulu?

• They become 'ana'

• They become 'Wana'

• They become 'W'

• They become 'Ind'

What happens to words that end with 'e' in Zulu?

• They become 'Anna'

• They become 'Wana'

• They become 'W'

• They become 'Ind'

What happens to words that end with 'o' in Zulu?

• They become 'Anna'

• They become 'Wana'

• They become 'W'

• They become 'Ind'

What happens to words that end with 'u' in Zulu?

• They become 'Anna'

• They become 'Wana'

• They become 'W'

• They become 'Ind'