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Your Xhosa: Yhu! Ndihluthi kamnandi! = Yoo! I’m nicely full! Listen & learn:

December 10th, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »

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10-11-2010 yhu ndihluthi kamnandi.wav (608 KB)

WORD PARTS:

yhu! = yoo! (usually a high pitched exclamation used mostly by women. Men often prefer a lower pitched “yo”),

ndi = I [am],

hluthi = full (ie. after eating),

kamnandi = nicely.

Say this after eating a good meal (hopefully on Xmas day, but any other too) when you feel ‘nicely’ full. Enjoy!

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Your Xhosa: Uxolo, ndingxamile! = Sorry, I’m in a rush! Listen & learn:

December 9th, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »

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09-11-2010 uxolo ndingxamile.wav (496 KB)

WORD PARTS:

Uxolo = sorry (also means ‘I’m sorry for you’ and ‘excuse me’ and ‘peace’),

ndi = I,

ngxamile = in a rush / hurrying.

Pronunciation:

1. the X click is called a lateral click. It is made by sucking the back, side of the tongue inwards. It is the click Clint Eastward uses when he’s on his horse and telling it to move on. (the giddy-up-horse click is what we call it!)

2. when any click is preceded by a G, it is a deeper / lower sounding click.

Practise your pronunciation of this phrase with a Xhosa-speaker.

Good luck and enjoy!

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Your Xhosa: Qhabalaka! = Tell all! Listen & learn:

December 8th, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »

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8-12-2010 qhabalaka.wav (396 KB)

Qhabalaka! This delicious word means something similar to ‘let it all spill out’. Use it in conversation to invite someone to elaborate and tell you whatever is on their mind.

Enjoy!

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Your Xhosa: Nyhani? Hayi man, uyaxoka! = Really? No man, you’re lying! Listen & learn:

December 7th, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »

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07-12-2010 nyhani hayi maan uyaxoka.wav (790 KB)

WORD PARTS:

Nyhani? = Really? (easiest to ignore the H in pronunciation),

Hayi = no

U = you

ya = [similar to] are,

xoka = lying.

Enjoy, but remember to us this in jest as people could take offence to being told that they are lying!

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