njani

Tumbuka

Pronoun

njani

1. (interrogative) what

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ᶮd̥ʒa̤ːní]

Adverb

njaní

1. how, in what manner

Zulu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲdʒaːní/

Relative

-njaní

1. how

   Impelasonto yakhe ibinjani?

   How was your weekend?

2. what kind of

   Uthanda umculo onjani?

   What kind of music do you like?

Inflection

Relative concord, tone LH
	Modifier		Copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	enginjani	engingenjani	nginjani	anginjani
2nd singular	onjani	ongenjani	unjani	awunjani
1st plural	esinjani	esingenjani	sinjani	asinjani
2nd plural	eninjani	eningenjani	ninjani	aninjani
Class 1	onjani	ongenjani	unjani	akanjani
Class 2	abanjani	abangenjani	banjani	abanjani
Class 3	onjani	ongenjani	unjani	awunjani
Class 4	enjani	engenjani	injani	ayinjani
Class 5	elinjani	elingenjani	linjani	alinjani
Class 6	anjani	angenjani	anjani	awanjani
Class 7	esinjani	esingenjani	sinjani	asinjani
Class 8	ezinjani	ezingenjani	zinjani	azinjani
Class 9	enjani	engenjani	injani	ayinjani
Class 10	ezinjani	ezingenjani	zinjani	azinjani
Class 11	olunjani	olungenjani	lunjani	alunjani
Class 14	obunjani	obungenjani	bunjani	abunjani
Class 15	okunjani	okungenjani	kunjani	akunjani
Class 17	okunjani	okungenjani	kunjani	akunjani

Derived terms

• kanjani
• ubunjani

References

C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-njani”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-njani”