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CHAPTER 5
SYNOPSIS OF SWAHILI

CONTENTS OF SYNOPSIS

OVERVIEW Par. 1-5
NOUNS AND OTHER SUBSTANTIVES   6-27
The system   6-27
The classes   8-16
The concords   17
Sets of words showing concord   18-27
Demonstratives   18
Possessives   19
Adjectives   20-21
Relative amba-   22
Verbs   23-26
Pronouns   27
VERBS   28
Prefixes   29-
Tenses   29-41
Relatives   42-27
Infinitives   48-50
The meaningless ku   51-52
Negation   53-61
Locative enclitics   62
'To have'   63-65
Abbreviated forms of fig: 'be'   66
Emphatic copula   67
Compound tenses   68-70
Concords without antecedents   72-76
Extensions   77-82

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