Zulu Newspaper Reader - Dunwoody Press

Table 3. Relative Concords
Cl SC 1 2 3
1 u- o- ow- a-
2 ba- aba- ab-
3 u- o- ow-
4 i- e- ey-
5 li- eli- el-
6 a- a- Ø-
7 si- esi- es-
8 zi- ezi- ez-
9 i- e- ey-
10 zi- ezi- ez-
11 lu- olu- olw- ol-
14 bu- obu- ob-
15 ku- uku- okw- ok-
17 ku- ku- okw- ok-
Notes:
1. The relative concords are said to derive by prefixing a- to the
basic subject concord in each case, and for this reason we give
this SC in the first column. This a then coalesces with the SC
when it consists of a vowel, and assimilates to the vowel of the
SC where the SC is of the structure CV. In this assimilation a > e
before i: a > a before a: and a > o before u.
2. The concords used in direct and indirect relative constructions
are the same, except in the case of Cl. 1, which has a- as indirect
relative concord, and o- or ow- as direct relative concord.
3. Column 1 gives the concords found before consonants.
4. In Cls. 11, 15 and 17, the variants in Column 3 occur before the
vowel o, while the variants in Column 2 occur before the vowels
a and e.
5. In all other classes the variants in Column 2 occur before any
vowel.
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