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Sesotho Noun classes

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In Sesotho nouns are divided into various noun classes. The noun class determines the subject concord for instance - this is very important in the construction of sentences.

ClassPrefixSubject 
concord
ExampleTranslation
of example
1mo-omosadiwoman
2ba-babasadiwomen
1a-ontatefather
2aba-babontatefathers
3mo-omosedress
4me-emesedresses
5le-lelelemetongue
6ma-amalemetongues
7se-sesefatetree
8di-didifatetrees
9-entjadog
10di-didintjadogs
Classes 11, 12 and 13 are mainly used in languages such as isiZulu and isiXhosa
14bo-bobohobebread
15ho-hoho tsamajato walk
16-hofatshedown
17ho-hohodimoup
18mo-omoseabroad