However, this penultimate falling tone occurs not on every word, but only on the last word of a phonological phrase; e.g. in the following sentence, only the second word has a tone, the first being toneless:[18]
Kodwa-ke, leli thoni lokugcina lokuwa livela hhayi kuwo wonke amagama, kodwa kuphela egameni lokugcina lomusho wephonological; isib. emshweni olandelayo, igama lesibili kuphela elinethoni, elokuqala alinalo ithoni: [15]