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Jacob: New page: ===And=== Use "le" for "and" only in a list of nouns: {| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" | John le Sarah ba tswa ko UK || John and ...

2007-04-01T08:18:09Z

New page: ===And=== Use "le" for "and" only in a list of nouns: {| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" | John le Sarah ba tswa ko UK || John and ...

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===And===
Use "le" for "and" only in a list of nouns:
{| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
| John le Sarah ba tswa ko UK || John and Sarah come from the UK
|-
| Ke ja koko, phaletshe le merogo || I am eating chicken, mealie meal and vegetables
|}

When linking phrases "gape" (again) or "mme" (but/however) or similar should be used.
{| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
| John le Sarah ba tswa ko UK gape ba nna ko Block 6 || John and Sarah come from the UK and/also they stay in Block 6
|-
| Ke ja koko mme ga ke je nama ya kolobe || I eat chicken, but I don't eat pork (meat of pig)
|}

===ka===

fa, ka gore, ... LESSON 5b notes

===infinitive===
When using two verbs in a sentence, as in English the second will be in the infinitive form. In Setswana this is "go -"

{| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
| ke batla go ya kwa Gaborone || I want to go to Gaborone
|-
| ke rata go ithutha Setswana || I like learning (to learn) Setswana
|}

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Admin: Changed protection level for "Simple sentences and linking words" ([edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [move=autoconfirmed] (indefinite))

Admin: Protected "Simple sentences and linking words" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

Jacob: New page: ===And=== Use "le" for "and" only in a list of nouns: {| style="color:green;background-color:#ffffcc;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" | John le Sarah ba tswa ko UK || John and ...