Zulu

Verbs

"uyambona"

"u-ya-m-bon-a"

he is seeing her

u - subject morpheme

ya - tense marker of present tense (the so called "long form")

m - subject morpheme

-bona - verb stem consisting of bon - verb root and -a the categorial morpheme

u-baba u-bon-a um-ntwana

the father sees the child

u-baba aka-bon-i um-ntwana

the father doesn't see the child

u-baba u-zo-bon-a um-ntwana

the father will see the child

zo - nearer future

u-yo-m-bon-a

he will see it

yo - far future

u-bon-i-le

he saw it

wa-bon-a

he saw it long ago

aka-m-bon-anga

he didn't see it

aka is the negative morpheme for nouns in class 1 (like ubaba)

aku-zu-m-bon-a

he will not see it

ba-ya-bon-ana

they see each other

-ana indicates reflexive