Maina [Nouns]
[ENG] Noun classes are a common feature in Bantu languages. The beauty of noun classes is that they allow for easy prediction of the morphology of similar words, since they generally follow the same rules and behaviours. Noun classes are an important part of this section and have a lengthy page dedicated to them. Follow this link to Noun Classes. Or access them in Setswana from Ditlhopha tsa Maina.
Collective Nouns are known as Mainagoboka in Setswana, which is a compound word maina [names] + goboka [make a collection]. Follow this link to Collective Nouns.
Other links here include those to pages on Compound Nouns [Mainagoka], Abstract Nouns Mainakgopolo], Diminutives [Ngotlo] and Young [Bana], and Gendered Nouns [Bong].
To get back to the main Parts of Speech page, click here.
[TSN] Diteme tsotlhe tsa se-Bantu di na le ditlhopha tsa maina. Bontle ja ditlhopha tsa maina ke gore motho yo ithutang teme ya teng o kgona go abelela mafoko a mangwe gore a tla agwa jang kgotsa gore a kaya eng, ka go berekela mo go se a se itseng ka ditlhogo tsa ditlhopha tsa teng.
Go itse go feta ka ditlhopha tsa maina, sala morago legokaganyi le la Ditlhopha tsa Maina, mme fa o batla go di bala ka Sekgowa, dirisa le: Noun Classes.
Dithuto tse dingwe tse di amanang le maina ke tsa Mainagoboka [Collective Nouns], Mainagoka [Compound Nouns], Mainakgopolo [Abstract Nouns], Ngotlo [Diminutives] le Bana [Young, ga mmogo le Bong [Gendered Nouns].
Go boela kwa tsebeng-kgolo ya Dikarolo tsa Puo, tobetsa gone fa.