How to use adjectives in Zulu

How to use adjectives in Zulu

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Zulu? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Zulu lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Zulu adjectives.

Zulu adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Unlike English, adjectives in Zulu are placed after the noun.

Examples

ubusuku obubandayo
the cold night
ubusuku obufushane
the short night
ubusuku obushisayo
the hot night
ubusuku obude
the long night
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lo wesifazane
this woman
lesi sihlalo
this chair
le ntombi
this girl
le ncwadi
this book
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Step 7 : Adjectives in Zulu

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Zulu adjectives -khulu, -ncane and -dala (big, small, old). Using the nouns incwadi, isihlalo and umnyango (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Zulu adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives -khulu, -ncane and -dala with the nouns incwadi, isihlalo and umnyango you can move on to Step 8 (Zulu Verbs).

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