Fangwa

Welcome to the page on the Fangwa Language.

Fangwa is a constructed Bantu Language based on a large number of these languages. The main sources are Swahili, Zulu, Shona, Chichewa, Lingala, Tswana, Xhosa and Afrihili. This language has a lot of vocabulary from these sources, the grammmar also has a strong Bantu influence. The basic order in a sentence is SVO. Vocabulary

Vocabulary
ukogenda = to go; ukobona = to see;

ukocheka = to laugh; ukopyoma = to read omandzi = the water; ubonto = humanity

ukopeka = to cook; ukopenya = to love; ukosopa = to like; egiatu = the shoe;

ukotunda = to teach; umofazi = the woman; emuvoka = the pear, egimbedzi = the month

umorume = man; ukosana = to drink ; ukosama = to find; eginyama = the meat

esingombe = the cow; esinkoko = the chicken; ukojira = to wait; ukososoli = to understand umowana = the child; umokama = the king; ukoladi = to ask; ukokimbia = to run

ukodyá = to eat; ukolala = to sleep; ukofale = to look; egieneche = the land;

esimbuzi = the goat; esinguruve = the pig ; egimeli = the boat

esipaka = the cat; umokwetu = the friend; ukobajiri = to break

omangawa = the rain; ukojika = to close; ukovova = to speak; ukojua = to know

ochiFangwa = the Fangwa Language ; ukotaya= to help; ukokabe = to advise

egikeni = the glas ; ukobinda = to write; ukolomu = to enter

ukofotokoza = to explain; egibisi = the office; ukobade = to divide

umotsikana = the girl; omadziwa = the milk ; esindovu = the elephant; ukofahamu = to understand; esitwiga = the giraffe; egikombe = the cup;

umoru = the chief; egiature = the flower ; ukokute = to obey; ukofanya = to do;

egikaramu = the pen; egiadenle = the street; egitanda = the bed; ukoja = to come

umokulima = the farmer; ukolipa = to pay; ukopa = to give; ukopyoma = to read; ukobyada= to bear children; egidzuwo = the sun; ubomotlovo = the pride

Personal Pronouns
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Grammar
Fangwa is basically a SVO (Subject Verb Object) Language. The verbs have five tense markers:

Example

Negation
The negation of an action can be expressed in two ways: E.g.
 * 1) First you can add the prefix ka- to the verb.
 * 2) The second way is to put te after the verb.

Numerals
Here are the numerals of Fangwa from 1 to 10. These numerals take on the prepositions of the nouns they quantify to agree with them.