REVISON
ISIZULU PAPER TWO
NOTE WELL – THESE ARE KEYWORDS OF THE QUESTIONS.
POEMS:
1. KUDLA FUMUKA KUDLE SILAZA.
2. IZIMOMONDIYA.
POETRY (CONCEPTS):
TYPES OF POEMS:
1. Izibongo Zesimanje (Praise Poetry).
2. Isonethi (Sonnet) – 14 Lines.
3. I-ephiki (Epic) – about History, 1 character and usually is long.
4. I-elegy (Elegy) - associated with death.
5. Isathaya (Satire).
6. Ilirikhi (Lyric).
7. Inkondlo Yenkondlo (Speaks about Religion).
ISIGQI – PACE:
1. Siyanensa – Slow.
Reason: Ngoba sinezimpawu zokuloba – because of punctuation marks.
2. Siyashesha – Fast.
Reason: Ngoba asinazo sinezimpawu zokuloba – because it does not
have no punctuation marks.
IFANA NGWAQA – REPETION OF 1/2/3 LETTER WORDS:
1. Nga, bha, za, mba etc.
Umugqa – Sentences:
1. Ivulekile – open sentences.
Reason: Asinazo izimpawu zokuloba. i.e Does not have punctuation
2. Ivalekile – closed sentences.
Reason: Ngoba izimpawu zokuloba. i.e Because it has punctuation.
Ukuxhumana – connection:
• Repetition of entire word in 2 or more sentences.
Imvumelwano – Repetion of a part of a word:
1. Imvumelwano Siqalo – repetiton at beginning of a word. i.e prefix.
2. Imvumelwano Phakathi – repetion in middle of word.
3. Imvumelwano Sigcino – repetiton at the end of the word i.e suffix.
Isuzura:
• Lines with commas in between – when identified, you must quote
the entire sentence and underline.
Isifengqo – Figures of Speech:
• Isenza samuntu – personification (giving human characteristics to
non-human objects)
• Isenza sasilwane – giving animals human qualities to animals.
• Isingathekiso (metaphor) – starts with “uyi”.
Umoya Wenkondlo – Atmosphere:
• Wokujabula – happy.
• Wokudabukisa – sad.
Izitanza
• How many stanzas?
Isimo- How the poet feels?
• Esibi – happy.
• Esinga yayibukisa – sad.
N.B. You must support your answer.
Hlobo luni lwenkondlo:
• What type of poem?
• Phawula – means comment.
Inzwa: Senses.
• Yokunambitha – taste.
• Ezwakalayo – hearing.
• Yokuhogela – smell.
• Yokulalela – listen.
• Ebonakalayo – touch.
• Enjambamenti – enjambament – lines that run onto the next (has
no punctuation at the end of it and runs on the next line).
Umshado
1. Ngubani – which person:
• Relates to imoto – LINDIWE.
• Relates to utshwala (alcohol) and/or izidakamizwa
(drugs) – THOLAKELE.
• Relates to UMSHADO (wedding) – Bhekane.
• Relates to “umngani” (friends) – Zenze or Pamela –
depends on the question/extract.
2. Uphuza utshwala – who drinks alcohol?
Answer – UTHOLAKELE
Support: - Yiphunga utshwala (smells of alcohol).
- Wabona amabhodlela (empty bottle).
- Amabhodlela utshwala (bottles of alcohol).
3. uBhekane engasakujabuleli uksebenza – The reason
Bhekane did not want to go to school.
• Usifiso
• Abantu (isitafu sasimujaja) – the staff would judge
him.
4. Iphupho(dreams)/Okwenzeka(an event) – What was
Bhekanes father doing in his dream:
• uBaba kaBhekane enyenisa bonke abantu ekosha
ogqoke izingubo ezimnyama – Bhekanes father
accepted everyone into the house except a lady with
a black dress on.
5. Yini eyenza uBhekane angamthandi uBhatomu? – Why did
Bhekane dislike Bhatomu?
• Wayefuna ukungena uTholakele – He (Bhatomu)
like (more cause of tradition) Tholakele.
6. Ngihogele/Ngilalele – inquisitive/eavesdrop.
7.Umlandi – narrator.
• Umsebenzi Womlandi (Job of narrator) –
Ukusitshela indaba (Tell the story).
8.LINDIWE.
• Isenzo (in this context her what she does):
SikaLindiwe soku ukuhora isikole (Was Lindiwe a
good role model to her students?)
ANSWER: Cha. Ngoba wayengenandaba nezingane
isikole kanye nomsebenzi wakhe – No. Because she
never went to school and teach her students and
they were neglected.
9. Isizinda – Setting.
• Indawo (Place) – edolobheni (urban), ngoba
kunamafamu (because it has factories).
• Isikathi (Time) – Isikathi yamanje (present times),
ngoba izimoto futhi ucingo – because of cars and
cellphones.
• Isimo Senhlalo (atmosphere) – Sibi (bad), ngoba
uBhatomu unesibhamu futhi izidakamizwa
(because Bhatomu has a gun and there are drugs
involved).
10. uTholakele agawule abheko uma ezogama la – who said
Tholakele is bad and why):
• Unesi kanye Sifiso.
• Wayephuza utshwala.
11. Bachathazela – BAMTSHELA.
• Akhexe umlomo – ANGAZI UKUTHI ENZENI.
12. Imizwa (feelings) – uBhekane wayethanda uTholakele
no Lindiwe (Bhekane loves Tholakele and Lindiwe).
