Venda
Facts
- Language: Venda
- Alternate names: Chivenda, Tshivenda
- Language code: ven
- Language family: Niger-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern Bantoid, Bantu, East Bantu, Southern Bantu-Makua, Sotho-Makua-Venda
- Number of speakers: 1064000
- Script: Braille script. Latin script, primary usage.
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Introduction
Venda or Tshivenda is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa. It is mainly spoken by the Venda people in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo Province, as well as by some Lemba people in Zimbabwe. The Venda language is related to Kalanga, which is spoken in Zimbabwe and Botswana.
The Venda Verb
| Person | Present Pronoun | Past Pronoun | Present Negative Pronoun | Present Past Pronoun |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sg.1 | ndi | ndo | a thi | a tho |
| Sg.2 | ni | no | a ni | a no |
| Sg.3 | u | o | ha | ha |
| Pl.1 | ri | ro | a ri | a ro |
| Pl.2 | ni | no | a ni | a no |
| Pl.3 | vha | vho | a vha | a vho |
Tenses
Examples for verb vhuya 'return' in 3rd person singular- Aorist: u vhuya
- Aorist Negative: ha vhuya
- Present: u khou vhuya
- Present Negative: ha khou vhuya / ha vhuyi
- Past: o vhuya
- Past Negative: ha ngo vhuya
- Future: u ḓo vhuya
- Future: ha nga vhuya / ha nga ḓo vhuya
- Imperative: vhuyani
- Imperative Negative: a songo vhuya
Verbs
- fhufha -- fly
- funa -- like
- ḽa -- eat
- lindela -- wait
- nwa -- drink
- vhuya -- return
Verblist
amba, beba, bika, bvuma, bwa, daha, doba, duga, dzhena, dzwala, fa, fara, fha, fhaṱa, fhenya, fhindula, funa, funza, gidima, goga, guda, hana, hula, imba, kapa, khopha, kokodza, kuvha, lala, laṱa, lema, lila, lima, lisa, livhala, luma, lwa, mama, nona, nukha, nwa, nya, nzhena, panda, penya, phapha, phwama, pwasha, rema, renga, rovha, ruma, runga, rwa, sala, sevha, shavha, shuma, suma, sumba, suṱa, swika, swiṱa, tala, tapa, tenda, thuba, thupha, tshimbidza, tswa, tyetyenea, tzhipa, tzwipudza, vala, vhala, vhaḓa, vhidza, vhila, vhofha, vhona, vhonisa, vhulaya, vhumba, vhuya, vula, vuwa, wa, xa, ya, zazamela, zhaka, zwifha, zwimba, ḓa, ḓala, ḓivha, ḽa, ṅwala, ṱafuna, ṱahula, ṱala, ṱangana, ṱanza, ṱanzwa, ṱoḓa, ṱungufhala.