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Morphology Exercise Swahili

The document provides morphology exercises that ask the reader to: 1) Divide words into their morphemes and identify which morphemes are inflectional and which are derivational. 2) Use Swahili sentences to determine how to say sentences like "The child is falling" in Swahili. 3) The sentences in Swahili provide context for identifying the prefixes used for singular and plural forms of nouns and verbs in Swahili based on the noun class.

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Morphology Exercise Swahili

The document provides morphology exercises that ask the reader to: 1) Divide words into their morphemes and identify which morphemes are inflectional and which are derivational. 2) Use Swahili sentences to determine how to say sentences like "The child is falling" in Swahili. 3) The sentences in Swahili provide context for identifying the prefixes used for singular and plural forms of nouns and verbs in Swahili based on the noun class.

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AP English Language Mr.

Vachon

Morphology Exercises1 Divide the following words into their morphemes. Indicate which morphemes are inflectional and which are derivational. 1. mistreatment 2. disactivation 3. psychology 4. airsickness 5. terrorized 6. uncivilized 7. lukewarm 8. impossible 9. predisposed 10.befriended 11.unpalatable 12.grandmother 13.morphemic 14.retroactive 15.televise 16.margin 17.endearment 18.holiday On the next page are some sentences in Swahili. Use the data to figure out how you would say sentences 1-3 below in Swahili.
(NOTE: The prefixes that indicate singular and plural on nouns and verbs are determined by the noun's "class." The word -toto, meaning "child(ren)," is a Class I noun. The word -kapu, meaning "basket(s)," is a Class II noun. When a verb is put with a Class I noun, it takes a Class I prefix to match the noun (and similarly a Class II prefix with a Class II noun). The noun always determines what prefix the verb takes.)

Steinberg, G. History of the English Language: Morphology Exercises. Prof. G. Steinberg. 2010. Web. 26 Apr. 2010 <http://gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu/tcnj/linguistics/morphs2.html>.

AP English Language Mr. Vachon

1. The child is falling. 2. The baskets have arrived. 3. The man will fall.
Below are some sentences in Swahili. /mtoto amefika/ /mtoto anafika/ /mtoto atafika/ /watoto wamefika/ /watoto wanafika/ /watoto watafika/ /mtu amelala/ /mtu analala/ /mtu atalala/ /watu wamelala/ /watu wanalala/ /watu watalala/ /kisu kimeanguka/ /kisu kinaanguka/ /kisu kitaanguka/ /visu vimeanguka/ /visu vinaanguka/ /visu vitaanguka/ /kikapu kimeanguka/ /kikapu kinaanguka/ /kikapu kitaanguka/ "The child has arrived." "The child is arriving." "The child will arrive." "The children have arrived." "The children are arriving." "The children will arrive." "The man has slept." "The man is sleeping." "The man will sleep." "The men have slept." "The men are sleeping." "The men will sleep." "The knife has fallen." "The knife is falling." "The knife will fall." "The knives have fallen." "The knives are falling." "The knives will fall." "The basket has fallen." "The basket is falling." "The basket will fall."

AP English Language Mr. Vachon /vikapu vimeanguka/ /vikapu vinaanguka/ /vikapu vitaanguka/ "The baskets have fallen." "The baskets are falling." "The baskets will fall." History of the English Language Prof. G. Steinberg Morphology Exercises Selected Answers Divide the following words into their morphemes. Indicate which morphemes are inflectional and which are derivational.

1. mistreatment = treat (root) + mis- (derivational) + -ment 2. 3. 4. 5.

(derivational) disactivation = act (root) + dis- (derivational) + -ive (derivational) + -ate (derivational) + -ion (derivational) psychology = psych- or psyche (root) + -ology (derivational) airsickness = sick (root) + air (derivational) + -ness (derivational) terrorized = terror (root) + -ize (derivational) + PAST (inflectional) if the word is a verb form OR terrorized = terror (root) + -ize (derivational) + -ed (derivational) if the word is an adjective

6. uncivilized = civ- (root) + -il (derivational) + un- (derivational) + -ize


(derivational) + -ed (derivational) The root is "civ-" because that root is also in words like "civic." In this case, the "-ed" must be derivational, because "uncivilized" cannot be a verb form.

7. lukewarm = lukewarm (root)


although in this case I would also accept lukewarm = warm (root) + luke (derivational or root) Below are some sentences in Swahili. How would you say the following sentences in Swahili? NOTE: The prefixes that indicate singular and plural on nouns and verbs are determined by the noun's "class." The word -toto, meaning "child(ren)," is a Class I noun. The word -kapu, meaning "basket(s)," is a Class II noun. When a verb is put with a Class I noun, it takes a Class I prefix to match

AP English Language Mr. Vachon the noun (and similarly a Class II prefix with a Class II noun). The noun always determines what prefix the verb takes.

1. The child is falling. = mtoto anaanguka


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