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2.3.5. njengoba ‘because, seeing that, since’
+ principal or participial
(a) Examples with a participial complement:
uyaziqhenya ngomsebenzi wakhe njengoba eyi-Principal
Telecommunications Operator … ‘he is proud of his work, since
he is Principal Telecommunications Operator …’
Njengoba kungenamigwaqo neziphawu zomgwaqo
esibhakabhakeni, … ‘Since there are no roads or road signs in the
sky, …’
Njengoba iningi labantu abahlala kulezozindawo eziyingozi
lingakunaki ukusebenzisa imithi yokuzivikela kulesifo, … ‘Since
the majority of people who live in high risk areas take no notice
about using preventatives against this disease, …’
njengoba esezidayisela izinto azenzele zona ngezandla zakhe
‘since she is already selling her own handicaft’
(b) Examples which, without tonal data, could be either principal or
participial:
ukukhishwa kwezisu kwanda kakhulu njengoba sibhekene
nesimo sokuntenga komnotho ‘abortions are on the increase since
we are facing volatility in the economy’
Njengoba kukhona obhekene nakho ngalesisikhathi, … ‘Seeing
that there is something you are faced with at this time, …’
2.3.6. ukuthi ‘that’
2.3.6.1. non-influencing ‘that’
(i.e. can be followed by the indicative, subjunctive, or potential
depending on context: (after verbs of knowing, believing, thinking,
feeling, seeing, hearing, saying, asking, promising, finding …). The
situation in Zulu here is similar to what holds in English):
indicative (in a statement of fact or belief):
Ngicabanga ukuthi uyazama ‘I think that (s)he is trying’
subjunctive (in a statement of obligation, necessity, etc.):
Ngicabanga ukuthi azame ‘I think that (s)he should try’
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