The Rikbaktsa enigma
Reminder
1 Maku pazahare ni piboroko. The man is eating pork.
2 Pazahare ni piboroko. He is eating pork.
3 Pazahare pibezeke. He is killing a pig.
4 Pazahare pibeze. He kills a pig.
5 Maku piku ni piboroko. The man is eating tapir
meat.
6 Piku ni piboro. He eats tapir meat.
7 Jatu piku zibeze. Yesterday he killed a tapir.
8 Piku zibezeke. He was killing a tapir.
9 Piku zitabaka. The tapir was walking.
Answers:
1 How would you translate 'Jatu maku piku ni ziboro'?
Jatu maku piku ni ziboro.
Yesterday man tapi meat past-ate
Yesterday the man ate tapir meat
Marking system:
Yesterday 1 mark
the man 1 mark
ate 1 for correct verb, 1 for getting in the right tense (past), 1 for getting the right aspect i.e. completed action not continuous.
tapir 1 mark
meat 2 marks
2 Explain the different forms of the part of the word that means ‘continuous tense’ - corresponding to the form ‘-ing’ in English.
1 mark to identify ko, ka and ke.
1 extra mark if you pointed out that they have the same vowel as the last vowel of the word to which they are attached.
Record your total out of 10.
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