WORD PARTS:
mamela = listen,
mhlobo = friend
Note: when talking about a friend, say umhlobo (with a U at the front), but when talking directly to your friend, take off the first vowel.
Enjoy!
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Your Xhosa Treat: Mamela mhlobo! – Listen friend! Listen & learn more here:
August 5th, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »
Your Xhosa Treat: Siyaqondana – We understand each other. Listen & learn here:
August 4th, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »
WORD PARTS:
Si = We,
ya = are (present tense, positive form),
qond = understand,
ana = each other.
Now please listen and repeat with Zoliswa on the audio file.
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE:
The Q click is a hollow, popping sound made by the tongue sharply sucking and releasing from the palate.
Good luck and thank you for learning “isiXhosa”!
Your Xhosa Tweet: Siyathandana! – We love each other! Listen & learn here:
August 2nd, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »
WORD PARTS:
Si = we,
ya = are (ya is a present tense, positive form marker),
thand = like / love, (from ukuthanda = to love),
ana = each other (the -ana suffix can mean either little or each other).
Listen and repeat twice with Zoliswa on the audio file.
We hope you have someone you can use this one on. Or say “Bayathandana” for “They love each other”.
Enjoy!
Xhosa Tweet: Buza xa ungaqondi! – Ask when you don’t understand! Listen & learn:
July 30th, 2010 xhosafundis's posterous Posted in Daily Xhosa No Comments »
WORD PARTS:
Buza = Ask,
Xa = when,
U = you,
nga + i ending = negative form: don’t,
qond = understand (in present tense has -a ending: qonda)
Buza xa ungaqondi! = Ask when you don’t understand!
PRONUNCIATION:
Good luck with the clicks. Ask a Xhosa person to help you practise this and to check your clicks. Here’s a guide:
– The x is the giddy-up-horse side-of -the-mouth sucking click.
– The q is a popping sound made by a quick suck and release on the palate, hitting the whole tongue down from the palate.
RELATED PHRASES:
Uyaqonda? = Do you understand?
Ewe, ndiyaqonda. = Yes, I understand.
Hayi, andiqondi. = No, I don’t understand.
Ndiqonda kancinci nje. = I just understand a little.
Enjoy!