Nami = me too
Ucingo layakhala - the phone is ringing
pronunciation note: "c" is a click done with the tip of the tongue on the back of the front teeth "sucking your teeth"
cima ucingo - I am turning off the phone
Ngizobigelela umfundisi manje - I am going to greet the priest now
I will greet the priest now
-zo- = future tense
More Greetings:
dialogue
P1) Ninjani? -how are you (pl)?
P2) Sikhona, Wena Unjani? - We are well, and how are you?
P1) Nami ngikhona - As for me, I am well.
lapha kukho abantu ababili - there are two people here
here ??? people are 2
NguThemba noSipho baya hamba - Themba and Sipho are walking
no- = and to walk
na + i --> ne e.g. incwadi neCD - the book and the CD (incwadi = book)
na + u --> no
na + a --> na (no change)
bayaphi? where are they going (ba-=they, -ya-=go, -phi=where)
baya edolobheni - they are going to town (also etahweni)
bayothenga ihembe nezicathola - they will buy a shirt and shoes
uzoya - he/she will gow
Uthini? -what are you saying?
Ngubani ozothengani izicathulo? - who ____????
who buy ? shoes
Namhlanje kubekwa uMongmeli uObama - today e inaugurate president Obama!!!!!
today president
hamba kahle - go well
sala kahle - stay well (pl.)
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1. Ucingo layakhala - the phone is ringing
= luyakhala
2. cima ucingo - I am turning off the phone
= Ngicima
3. kukho = there are
ababili = (that are) two
4. nezicathola = nezicathulo
5. bayothenga - they are going to buy
6. kubekwa uMongmeli uObama = President Obama is being inaugurated.
beka = (simply = put/ place) in this context it means = inaugurate
bekwa = (-w- is passive) = be inaugurated
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