Divide the following words into their morphemes. Indicate which
morphemes are inflectional and which are derivational.
Below are some sentences in Swahili.
| /mtoto amefika/ | "The child has arrived." |
| /mtoto anafika/ | "The child is arriving." |
| /mtoto atafika/ | "The child will arrive." |
| /watoto wamefika/ | "The children have arrived." |
| /watoto wanafika/ | "The children are arriving." |
| /watoto watafika/ | "The children will arrive." |
| /mtu amelala/ | "The man has slept." |
| /mtu analala/ | "The man is sleeping." |
| /mtu atalala/ | "The man will sleep." |
| /watu wamelala/ | "The men have slept." |
| /watu wanalala/ | "The men are sleeping." |
| /watu watalala/ | "The men will sleep." |
| /kisu kimeanguka/ | "The knife has fallen." |
| /kisu kinaanguka/ | "The knife is falling." |
| /kisu kitaanguka/ | "The knife will fall." |
| /visu vimeanguka/ | "The knives have fallen." |
| /visu vinaanguka/ | "The knives are falling." |
| /visu vitaanguka/ | "The knives will fall." |
| /kikapu kimeanguka/ | "The basket has fallen." |
| /kikapu kinaanguka/ | "The basket is falling." |
| /kikapu kitaanguka/ | "The basket will fall." |
| /vikapu vimeanguka/ | "The baskets have fallen." |
| /vikapu vinaanguka/ | "The baskets are falling." |
| /vikapu vitaanguka/ | "The baskets will fall." |
How would you say the following sentences in Swahili? NOTE: The prefixes that indicate singular and plural on nouns and verbs are determined by the noun's "class." The word -toto, meaning "child(ren)," is a Class I noun. The word -kapu, meaning "basket(s)," is a Class II noun. When a verb is put with a Class I noun, it takes a Class I prefix to match the noun (and similarly a Class II prefix with a Class II noun). The noun always determines what prefix the verb takes.
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