PSLE Setswana study guide
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PSLE Setswana is the Setswana-language subject paper of Botswana's Primary School Leaving Examination, the national assessment learners sit at the end of Standard 7 (Mophato wa 7). It is commonly taken as the mother-tongue language subject alongside English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies, and the result feeds into the overall PSLE grade used for placement into junior secondary school. The PSLE Setswana study guide has 6 sections and about 1,683 words.
01Go utlwa le go tlhaloganya (Listening and oral comprehension)
Karolo eno e leka gore o kgona go utlwa molaetsa o o builweng mme o o tlhaloganye. O tlaa utlwa dikitsiso, dipuisano magareng ga batho ba le babedi, dikgang tse dikhutshwane le dipotso tse di botswang ka molomo.
301 words, about 2 min02Go bala le go tlhaloganya (Reading comprehension)
Go bala ka tlhaloganyo ke go dira dilo tse di latelang: go leba setlhogo le mola wa ntlha wa serutwa go bona kakanyo ya konokono; go batla tshedimosetso e e rileng jaaka nomoro, letsatsi kgotsa leina; go latela tatelano ya dikganga; go tlhaloganya mabaka le diphelelo; le go tlhaloganya maemedi - o, ba, se, e, di - gore ke mang kgotsa ke eng se se buiwang ka sona. Dikgwetlho tse di tlwaelegileng: (a) dikarabo tse di boelang mantswe a a leng mo serutweng mme e le phoso; (b) dipotso tsa 'ga se nnete', tse di batlang karabo e e sa tlhalosiweng ka tlhamalalo mo serutweng; (c) dipotso tsa go akanya, tse karabo ya tsona e leng mo go se se builweng, e seng se se kwadilweng; (d) maemedi a a buang ka leina la pele - mo polelong 'Mmaagwe o ne a mo ruta', 'mo' ke mang?
300 words, about 2 min03Popego ya puo (Grammar and language structure)
Maina a Setswana a kgaogantswe ka ditlhopha, mme tlhopha e laola tumelano le maetsi, matlhaodi le maemedi. Sekai: motho (tlhopha 1) le batho (2) dirisa 'o' le 'ba' - 'Motho o a ja', 'Batho ba a ja'.
292 words, about 1 min04Mantswe, maele le dikapuo (Vocabulary, idioms and proverbs)
Mo karolong eno o tlaa botswa bokao jwa mantswe, mantswe a a tshwanang (synonyms) le a a farologaneng (antonyms), maele le dikapuo. Maele ke mafoko a a tletseng a a nayang thuto, sekai 'Motho ke motho ka batho' - motho o nna motho ka ntlha ya batho ba bangwe.
255 words, about 1 min05Go kwala (Continuous writing and composition)
Go kwala go batla thulaganyo pele ga mantswe. Pele o kwala, akanya setlhogo, batho, lefelo le nako, le bothata le tharabololo ya jone.
268 words, about 1 min06Ditso le dikwalo tsa Setswana (Cultural and literary texts)
O tshwanetse go itse mefuta ya dikwalo tsa molomo: mainane, maboko, dipina, dithamalakane, maele le dikapuo. Mainane a simolola ka go bidiwa mme batsadi ba araba, mme a ruta boitshwaro le botshelo jwa morafe.
267 words, about 1 min