Yhu! Uyonqena! = Yoo! He / she is lazy! Listen & learn:

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

  
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WORD PARTS:

Yhu! = exclamation of surprise or just adding emphasis like Gee!,

U = you / he / she,

yonqena = is / are lazy.

 

So “Uyonqena” can also mean “You are lazy”.

 

Enjoy your Xhosa!

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Molo mhlobo! Unjani? = Hello friend! How are you? Listen & learn:

September 6th, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »

WORD PARTS:

Molo = Hello,

mhlobo = friend,

U = you,

njani? = how?

 

We hope you are all well today!

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Xhosa Tweet: Ndicinga ngawe! – I’m thinking of you! Listen & learn:

September 2nd, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »

WORD PARTS:

Ndi = I [am],

cinga = thinking,

ga = about,

we = you.

 

Listen and repeat with Zoliswa on the audio file.

 

Enjoy! x

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Ndiza kubuya pha ngo-12 = I’ll return at roughly 12. Listen & learn more here:

September 1st, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »

WORD PARTS:

Ndi = I,

za ku = will / am going to (future tense),

buya = return,

pha = roughly / round about,

ngo = at,

12 = 12 noon.

 

Please listen and repeat after Zoliswa on the audio file.

 

Thanks for learning Xhosa!

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