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ibiraato	'shoes'	____________	'shoe!	[ikiraato]
iminwe	'fingers'	____________	'finger'	[umunwe]
imipaka	'boundaries'	____________	'boundary'	[umupaka]

Matching of the subject prefix of the verb with the prefix of the noun subject is called CONCORD. 'Concord' affects the prefixes of several other kinds of words also. Nouns that are alike with respect to the concordial prefixes that go with them are said to be in the same CLASS. There are eighteen such 'classes' in Kirundi. (Remember that in this sense the singular form /ikiintu/ 'thing' and the plural /ibiintu/ 'things' are in different 'classes'.)

In the following pairs of sentences, the eoncordial prefixes have been underlined. State whether the two nouns (double underlining) are in the same class, or in different classes:

Ikiraato	caanje	kirǐhe?	'Where is my shoe.'	[Same class]
Ikigoori	caanje	kirǐhe?	'Where is my maize?'
Ikiratto	caanje	kirǐhe?	'Where is my shoe?'	[Same Class]
Igitabo	caanje	kirǐhe?	'Where is my book?'
Ikiraato	caawe	kirǐhe?	'where is your shoe?' [different classes]
Ikiínga	ryaawe	rirǐhe?	'Where is your bicycle?'
Umugeenzi	waawe	arǐhe?	'Where is your friend?'	[different classes]
Umudúga	waawe	arǐhe?	'where is your car?'
Impuúzu	yaanje	irǐhe?	'Where is my cloth?'	[different classs]
Impuúzu	yaanje	ziirǐhe?	'where are my clothes/cloths?'

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