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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby Brun Ugle » Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:13 am

zenmonkey wrote:
rdearman wrote:
zenmonkey wrote:Our next session is Monday 10th of December at 20:00 CET.
See you then!

I suspect this will be that last one of 2018. ;)


Yeah, I think so too.

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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby zenmonkey » Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:52 am

Brun Ugle wrote:
zenmonkey wrote:
rdearman wrote:
zenmonkey wrote:Our next session is Monday 10th of December at 20:00 CET.
See you then!

I suspect this will be that last one of 2018. ;)


Yeah, I think so too.

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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby zenmonkey » Mon Dec 10, 2018 8:12 pm

The log of the raw links we posted in tonights conversation:

https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate ... ch-results
8:27 https://books.google.de/books/about/Mog ... edir_esc=y
8:28 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Tswan ... rch=Search
8:31 https://www.worldcat.org/title/sechuana ... ef_results
8:37 https://www.worldcat.org/title/bibliogr ... ef_results
8:38 https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDe ... -_-title16
8:41 https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDe ... -_-title27
8:43 https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDe ... -_-title28
8:44 https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDe ... -_-title29
8:45 https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDe ... -_-title23
8:46 http://www.sesigo.org.bw/
8:48 https://www.amazon.com/Mmala-Lerato-Set ... wana+books
8:50 https://www.amazon.com/Bontle-Namane-Me ... wana+books
8:50 https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Setswan ... wana+books
8:51 https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200275957
8:52 https://www.amazon.com/Setswana-Diteram ... wana+books
8:53 https://www.amazon.com/Bhanijena-part-1 ... wana+books
8:53 https://www.amazon.com/Madimatle-Setswa ... wana+books
8:54 https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/986947
8:54 https://www.loc.gov/audio/?all=true&fa= ... cted:false
8:55 https://www.amazon.com/Trilingual-X%C3% ... wana+books
8:55 https://openlibrary.org/books/OL528248M ... a_Setswana
8:56 https://pdfread.org/download/dithamalak ... tswana.pdf
8:57 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... 8kMAdKXxgo
8:57 http://www.worldcat.org/title/praise-po ... clc/374769
8:57 http://www.casas.co.za/Publications.aspx?PID=293
9:00 https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/h ... sequence=1
9:00 http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle ... sequence=4
9:02 https://www.peppercornbooks.com/catalog ... tswana.pdf
9:03 https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijo_tsa_ ... a,Botswana
9:04 http://www.longmanafrica.co.za/tvrc/IN- ... A-Tweb.pdf
9:05 https://libguides.nwu.ac.za/setswana/dibuka
9:06 https://libguides.nwu.ac.za/setswana/dibuka
9:07 http://www.nied.edu.na/assets/documents ... L(Setswana)_Jul.2015.pdf
9:08 http://www.dhet.gov.za/GETCA%20Draft%20 ... 0GETCA.pdf


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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby rdearman » Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:20 am

I don't suppose anyone can find any of these books? Written by a linguist about Setswana and other Southern African languages? Could be out of copyright?
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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby Brun Ugle » Sun Dec 23, 2018 7:16 am

rdearman wrote:I don't suppose anyone can find any of these books? Written by a linguist about Setswana and other Southern African languages? Could be out of copyright?

Which books? What are the titles?
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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby rdearman » Sun Dec 23, 2018 10:57 am

Ifintu Fyakwe Lesa (The Things of God, a Primer of Scripture Knowledge in Lamba), 1917.
The Lambas of Northern Rhodesia: A Study of their Customs and Beliefs. London: George G. Harrap, 1931.
Report on the Unification of the Shona Dialects. Government of Southern Rhodesia: Government Blue Book, 1931.
Bantu linguistic terminology. London; New York Longmans, Green, 1935.
Textbook of Lamba Grammar. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1938.
Outline grammar of Bantu. Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand, 1943.
Zulu–English Dictionary. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1948. (with Benedict Wallet Vilakazi)
The Southern Bantu languages. London; New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
Amasiwi AwaLesa (The Words of God in Lamba), 1959.
Contributions to the history of Bantu linguistics. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1961 (with D. T. Cole).
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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby cjareck » Sun Dec 23, 2018 3:15 pm

Did you try to google them?
I tried the third one and found something like a revised edition(?):
https://www.edd.uio.no/allex/ibooks/Doke/Doke.pdf
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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby avalon » Sun Dec 23, 2018 8:31 pm

Hi all,

About 12 years ago I purchased A Re Bueng Setswana (Let's Speak Setswana) by Sheila Mmusi, in preparation for a couple of trips I had made to a Setswana-speaking area of South Africa, near the Botswana border. Because the textbook had been exposed to the elements, I cannot sell it in good conscience -- the exterior is not at all in the best condition (but every page is perfectly legible). For the price of shipping (I'm in the U.S. Midwest) I'd be happy to send it to one of you folks; otherwise I intend to toss it out.

Alternatively, it's available new for $35 from the University of Indiana: https://nalrc.indiana.edu/resources/books-media/index.html
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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby rdearman » Sun Dec 23, 2018 8:35 pm

avalon wrote:Hi all,

About 12 years ago I purchased A Re Bueng Setswana (Let's Speak Setswana) by Sheila Mmusi, in preparation for a couple of trips I had made to a Setswana-speaking area of South Africa, near the Botswana border. Because the textbook had been exposed to the elements, I cannot sell it in good conscience -- the exterior is not at all in the best condition (but every page is perfectly legible). For the price of shipping (I'm in the U.S. Midwest) I'd be happy to send it to one of you folks; otherwise I intend to toss it out.

Alternatively, it's available new for $35 from the University of Indiana: https://nalrc.indiana.edu/resources/books-media/index.html

Don't throw it out! I'll PM you.
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Re: Setswana Study Group

Postby Brun Ugle » Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:47 pm

Here are some very simple stories. You can read one line at a time and toggle between Tswana and English. They are supposed to have audio as well, but I couldn't get it to work on any of the ones I tried.
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