-OTE & -O-OTE [ALL & ANY]

-ote             [all, the whole]

-o-ote         [any, whichever, whatsoever]

Expressing all with personal pronouns

sisi sote	[all of us]
nyinyi nyote	[all of you]
wao wote	[all of them]

 

 Expressing all or any with other noun classes

Class	-ote			-o-ote
	Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
M-WA	-	wote		yeyote	wowote
KI-VI	chote	vyote		chochote	vyovyote
M-MI	wote	yote		wowote	yoyote
JI-MA	lote	yote		lolote	yoyote
U	wote	zote		wowote	zozote
N	yote	zote		yoyote	zozote
KU	kote	kote		kwokwote	kwokwote
PA-KU-MU	pote	pote		pokote	pokote
	Kote	Kote		Kokote	kokote

 

 Mifano [Examples] 

1.     Sisi sote tutaenda kesho [All of us will go tomorrow]

2.     Watu wote wameenda [All people have gone]

3.     Hakuna mtu yeyote ameenda [No person whatsoever has left]

4.    Kitambaa chote ni cheusi [The whole cloth is black]

5.     Nipatie kitambaa chochote [Give me any cloth]

6.      Ukuta wote umebomoka [The whole wall has collapsed]

7.      Nimetafuta mahali pote [I searched everywhere]

8.    Huendi mahali popote [You are not going anywhere]

 

 

Zoezi [Exercise]: Translate into Kiswahili

a)    All people need love.

b)    Anybody can open the door.

c)     All hotels are closed, and none are open.

d)   All rooms are open, you can use any.

e)    I did not ask any questions.

f)      All walls are red, and none is white.

g)    I like all types of food.

h)   He wanted to talk to anyone.

i)      Did you see all the houses?

j)      Did you have any problems?