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| POSITIVE SINGULAR COMMANDS ARE FORMED BY USING THE VERB STEM. TRUE OR FALSE? |
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| GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE SINGULAR COMMANDS |
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| SOMA! SOMA KISWAHILI! - STUDY! STUDY SWAHILI! |
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| PLURAL COMMANDS ARE FORMED IN THE SAME WAY AS SINGULAR ONES. TRUE OR FALSE? |
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| FALSE. PLURAL COMMANDS ARE FORMED BY SUFFIXING -NI AND CHANGING THE FINAL -A OF THE VERB STEM TO -E |
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| GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE PLURAL COMMANDS |
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SOMENI KISWAHILI! - ALL OF YOU, STUDY SWAHILI! SOMA - SOMENI OR FANYA - FANYENI |
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| THERE ARE THREE IRREGULAR IMPERATIVES: NJOO (-JA), NENDA (-ENDA) AND LETE (-LETA). TRUE OR FALSE? |
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| HOW ARE THE IRREGULAR IMPERATIVES FORMED IN SINGULAR AND PLURAL? GIVE AN EXAMPLE |
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| -ENDA (NORMAL) --> NENDA (SING. IMP.) --> NENDENI (PL. IMP.). NENDENI NYUMBA!(Y'ALL GO HOME!) |
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| NEGATIVE COMMANDS ARE USUALLY FORMED BY USING THE NEGATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE. TRUE OR FALSE? |
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| TRUE. THE STRUCTURE OF SUBJUNCTIVE NEGATIVE IS: PRONOUN PREFIX + SI + VERB RADICAL + "E" |
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| GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF NEGATIVE COMMANDS |
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| WHEN COMMANDS ARE MARKED WITH AN OBJECT, THE SUBJUNCTIVE VERB STEM IS USED. TRUE OR FALSE? |
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| GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF COMMANDS MARKED WITH AN OBJECT |
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PIKA CHAKULA! - KIPIKE! PIKENI CHAKULA! - KIPIKENI! |
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