Course curriculum

  • 1

    Lesson 1: How this course works

  • 2

    Lesson 2: Language Partners

  • 3

    Lesson 3: Sounds

  • 4

    Lesson 4: Verbs - Commands

  • 5

    Lesson 5: Dialogues

    • An introduction to Dialogues

    • Dialogue 1 - written version

    • Sihle and Kuhle read the dialogue

    • Sihle reads the boy's part: Umfana

    • Kuhle reads the girl's part: Intombazane

    • Sihle and Trinity practice the dialogue
  • 6

    Lesson 6: Simple Verb Sentences

    • Grammar: Simple Verb Sentences

    • Practice questions and answers

    • Vocab: Next 10 verbs

    • Actions for Today
  • 7

    Lesson 7: Verbs: to....

    • Grammar: Verbs - to....

    • Find verbs

    • Finding verbs: answers

    • Trying to speak yet?

    • Actions for Today
  • 8

    Lesson 8: Pronouns

    • Grammar: Pronouns

    • Memorise the pronous for people

    • Spelling some more names

    • Check your spelling

    • Quick update

    • Actions for Today
  • 9

    Lesson 9: Nouns: Singular and Plural

    • Grammar: Nouns - singular and plural

    • Examples from the first 5 noun groups

    • What group are these nouns in and what is their plural?

    • Song: Njalo

    • Vocab: 10 nouns

    • Actions for today
  • 10

    Lesson 10: Nouns: Making simple sentences

    • Grammar: Nouns - making sentences

    • Zulu noun group chant

    • Fill in the correct subject concord (SC)

    • Actions for today
  • 11

    Lesson 11: Pronouns - all the rest

    • Grammar: All the rest of the Pronouns

    • Identifying the different parts of speech

    • Coloured-in answers

    • Vocab: Next 10 nouns

    • Actions for Today
  • 12

    Lesson 12: Negative

    • Grammar: Negative

    • Kuhle and Sibongile read the second dialogue

    • Sibongile reads Mark

    • Kuhle reads Thami

    • Actions for Today
  • 13

    Lesson 13. Objects

  • 14

    Lesson 14: Future Tense

    • Grammar: Future Tense

    • Answer these questions relating to the future tense

    • Actions for today
  • 15

    Lesson 15: Recent Past Tense

    • Grammar: Recent Past Tense

    • Hopscotch with tenses

    • Hopscotch with Abi

    • Put these sentences into the Recent Past

    • Asimbonanga

    • Vocab: 10 new words

    • Actions for Today
  • 16

    Lesson 16: Locatives

    • Grammar: Locatives

    • Change as in this eg: Abantwana baya (isikole) = Abantwana baya esikoleni (The children go to school)

    • Actions for today
  • 17

    Lesson 17: Non-Verb Sentences: To Have

    • Grammar: Non-verb sentences: To Have

    • Practice "to have"

    • Vocab: Next 10 words

    • Lion King

    • Actions for today
  • 18

    Lesson 18. Non-Verb Sentences: To be

    • Grammar: Non-Verb Sentences: To be

    • Comment on "to be" in the first dialogue

    • Sing: Uyindlela

    • Translate into Zulu

    • Actions for Today
  • 19

    Lesson 19: Non-Verb Sentences: Locative

    • Non-Verb Sentences: Locatives

    • First make the locative and then the non-verb sentence

    • Vocab: Next 10 words

    • Actions for Today
  • 20

    Lesson 20: Possessive

    • Grammar: Possessive

    • Diaogue 3: iKhasi likabhanana - Kuhle and Sihle

    • Kuhle reads Nokuthula

    • Sihle reads Themba

    • Actions for Today
  • 21

    Lesson 21: Conclusion

    • Conclusion

    • Song: Uthando

    • Vocabulary Test

    • Extra Resources

Asazane Team

The Asazane teams is made up of: Rosanne Larsen: a qualified high school teacher who will be teaching the formal grammar | Sibongile Nzuza: our consultant on Zulu and quality control on materials | Kuhle and Sihle Nzuza: Dialogues and songs - written and audio | Abi and Trinity Larsen: Dialogues, songs, quizz creation and email support

Pierre Queripal

Pietermaritzburg, KZN

"I am surrounded by Zulu people but have never managed to pick up the language no matter how hard I tried. It seemed to be a muddle of inconsistencies that no one could explain to me. Thanks to this course I now appreciate isiZulu as a beautiful and highly structured language. Mastering the language is now a real possibility. It all just makes sense."

Wendy Linscott

Howick, KZN{

"Rosanne, I can not tell you what a blessing your class has been! Thank you for making Zulu feel like I can eventually speak it! Siyabonga!!!!"

Gerda Marais

Howick, KZN

"The Asazane course has been such a great tool for my whole family to learn Zulu! I actually appreciated having someone as a teacher who is not a first language Zulu speaker, because she struggled with the same concepts as I do now and knows how to teach around that. And then the Zulu songs with kids singing them is such a motivation for my kids to see that they can also learn Zulu. Thanks Asazane team!!! "

Shannon Simpson

Hilton, KZN

"An amazing tool developed by some incredible people! A real immersion way to learn Zulu. Practical, fun and interactive. Rosanne has a great way of teaching and breaking down the fears of learning a new language. Our daughter has loved this course and keeps her vocab list on her at all times as she finds the language approach really engaging. Fun for the whole family! Find yourself a Zulu language friend and get signed up and talking!!"

Sarah-Beth Gould

Pietermaritzburg, KZN

Having studied Zulu through a few different formats over the years, it was wonderful to finally break through the plateau I had reached long ago. The weekly conversation partner meetings mixed with the memorization of dialogues and the systematic grammar lessons were a great combination. Thank you!