Ngingajabula

-bonana see each other
-shayana beat each other
-vimbana stop each other

This is used in two ways - (a) in the plural eg:

• Siyabonana We see each other
• Abatwana bayathandana The children like each other

(b) for multiple subjects using na- (and):

• Abatwana nabafazi bayathandana The children and the women like each other
• Izinkomo nezingwe kazithandani Cattle and leopards don't like each other

Reciprocal verbs do no take an object but do take an adverb:

• Babonana kaningi They see each other often

If both parties implied in the subject are mentioned one is named using its subject concord and the other using na- after the verb:

• Abatwana babonana nabafazi The children and the women see each other = the children seen one and other with the women
• Izinkomo kazithandani nebhubesi The cattle and the lion don't like each other

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6 August 2002