Vocabulary - Tlotlontswe
Karolo ena e leka tlotlontswe: bokgoni ba ho utlwisisa mantswe, ho a sebedisa ka nepo le ho atolosa pokello ya ona.
Mokgwa wa ho ithuta mantswe
- Malapa a mantswe: motheo o le mong o hlahisa mantswe a matjha. Ho '-bona': bona, pono, bontsha, bonahala.
- Mantswe a tshoanang (synonyms): 'ho bua', 'ho qoqa', 'ho bolela'.
- Mantswe a hanyetsanang (antonyms): telele/kgutshwane, molemo/mpe, ho fihla/ho tloha, holimo/tlase.
- Mantswe a adimilweng: terene, bese, koloi, thelevishene, komporo. A ngolwa ka mopeleto wa Sesotho.
- Ho hlophisa mantswe ka dihlopha tsa taba (semantic fields): polasi (kgomo, pere, masimo, koro), sekolo (tijhere, buka, pene, tafole).
Mohlala o sebetsuwang
- 'Ke bona koloi.' (ketso)
- 'Pono ya ka e fokola.' (lebitso, sehlopha sa 9)
- 'O bontsha baeti tsela.' (ho etsa hore ba bone) Mabaka: motheo '-bona' o sala o le teng, empa sehlongwapele le qetello di fetola mofuta wa lentswe le moelelo. Ha o araba potso ya tlotlontswe, batla motheo pele, ebe o sheba hore na sehlongwapele se fetola eng.
Dikelello tse jang matshwao
- Ho ferekanya mantswe a tshoanang haholo: 'hloka' (ho hloka ntho), 'hlokomela' (ho hlokomela ntho) le 'hlokomoloha' (ho se hlokomele).
- Ho sebedisa lentswe le adimilweng ka sehlopha se fosahetseng.
- Ho hlalosa lentswe ka ho le sebedisa polelong e nngwe e sa hlaloseng moelelo.
- Ho se bale moelelo wa lentswe ka hara polelo (context).