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Ukuba nogazi ‘having charm (lit. to become with charm)’
(c) The following are examples of ukuba in locative adverbs:
Ukubakhona kukaMongameli ‘The presence (lit. the being there)
of the president’
zama ukuba sendlini ‘try to be indoors (lit. to be in the house)’
2.3.1.2. ukuba as a conjunction
As a conjunction, ukuba may be followed by various moods or
aspects depending on the particular significance and context. In
several contexts, the conjunctions ukuba and ukuthi may be used
interchangeably. Note that ukube occurs as a dialectal variant to
ukuba when it is used as a conjunction.
(a) + subjunc: “so that, in order that, that, to”
(in clauses of purpose or desire; often, though not necessarily, after
verbs of desire, intention, instructing, requesting, ordering,
preventing, causing …; or after nouns indicating purpose, intention,
decision, etc. The conjunction ukuthi can replace ukuba in these
environments.):
babengafuni ukuba ashade noSebata ‘they did not want her to
marry Sebata (lit. did not want that she should marry)’
ngenhloso yokuba ngiyogeza izithombe ‘with the aim that I should
go and have developed photos’ [Note that ngiyogeza is in the
subjunctive. It does not end in -e because this suffix is not found in
andative constructions.]
wama kulendawo ngenhloso yokuba ayothenga uhlobo
lwensipho ‘he stopped at this place with the intention of going and
buying a kind of soap’
isinqumo ukuba aphumele obala atshele amalunga ‘the decision
that they should come out into the open and tell their members’
[Note that there are two verbs in the subjunctive here]
Ngenxa yokuthi abafundi abanawo umkhandlu obamele bonke
bebengathandi ukuba badalulwe amagama abo ‘Due to the fact
that the pupils do not have a representative body, they did not want
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