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Swahili (East Africa)

1. atanipenda he will like me 2. atanipiɡa he will beat me

3. atakupenda he will like you 4. atakupiɡa he will beat you
5. atampenda he will like him 6. atampiɡa he will beat him
7. atatupenda he will like us 8. ananipiɡa he is beating me
9. atawapenda he will like them 10. anakupiɡa he is beating you
11. nitakupenda I will like you 12. anampiɡa he is beating him
13. nitampenda I will like him 14. amenipiɡa he has beaten me
15. nitawapenda I will like them 16. amekupiɡa he has beaten
you
17. utanipenda you will like me 18. amempiɡa he has beaten
him
19. utampenda you will like him 20. alinipiɡa he beat me
21. tutampenda we will like him 22. alikupiɡa he beat you
23. watampenda they will like him 24. alimpiɡa he beat him
25. atakusumbua he will annoy you 26. wametulipa they have paid us
27. unamsumbua you are annoying 28. tulikulipa we paid you
him

1. Write a lexicon.

Swahili Lexicon

penda Vroot ‘like’

piga Vroot ‘beat’
sumbua Vroot ‘annoy’
lipa Vroot ‘pay’

ni- OBJ ‘1sgO, me’

ku- OBJ ‘2sgO, you’
m- OBJ ‘3sgO, him’
tu- OBJ ‘1plO, us’
wa- OBJ ‘3plO, them’

ni- SUBJ ‘1sgS, I’

u- SUBJ ‘2sgS, you’
a- SUBJ ‘3sgS, he’
tu- SUBJ ‘1plS, we’
wa- SUBJ ‘3plS, they’

na- TA present tense

li- TA past tense
me- TA present perfect
ta- TA future tense

2. What is the order of the types of morphemes in a word?

WORD = SUBJ-TA-OBJ-Vroot

3. Supply the probable forms for the following meanings:

nimewapiga I have beaten them umetupiga you have beaten us

wananipiga they are beating me tuliwapiga we beat them

wamenisumbua they have annoyed me ninamlipa I am paying him

4. Supply the probable meanings for the following forms:

atanilipa he will pay me walikupenda they like you

utawapiɡa you will beat them nimemsumbua I have annoyed him