Thursday, February 5, 2009

2-5-09

I was late so I will fill in the notes with SCotts or Noreen's

For the negative, verbs ending in -ala end in -langa
uMuzi ukfika leythi
ushiywe libhesi - the bus left him

Sizo cula iculo (OR ingoma) = we will sing a song

uNkulunkulu = God (uThixo in Xhosa)

Good song.
uJezu uzubuya nini
khona manje x@

khona manje
khona manje

Jesus is coming back
right now

khona is there, (or present) alone

ukhona he is present
ngikhona = I am present (fine)

sizofunda kuqala

amaXhosa don't have more clicks but they are pronounced with more force
Khoisan is moreclicky

umngane wami = my friend
Nangu = here is
(changes with different governing nouns
eg. nasi incwadi, naba amalungu, nayi iphen)

wethula = he/she is introducing
u + ethula --> wethula
synonym: -zisa

Konje = and now OR BTW

ngiyajabula ukukwazi = pleased to know you

uvelaphi = where do you come from

Hawu = oh!
Pho = Then! and now! (interjection)

-vakasha = visit
vakashile = past and stative
-busa = enjoy

ngiyethemba = I hope

abakhi = builder

Nngingu nguNOAH wakwa nguMCKENNA
ngingowakwaMcKenna

izithakazelo = clan names
in Xhosa isibongo is only clan name but there is some borrowing of expressions (isibongo sakhe?)
in Zulu isibongo is last name or praise name

umfundi, abafundi - student(s)

noma = or

njalonjalo = etc.
njalo = alwyas

ngi + i-noun --> ngiyi-
ngiyipoyisa
ngiyindoda

um-, abahlali = residents
um, abadlali = players, jokers

Abafana bangabadlali (boys are players)
OR gabadlali

Note on tonality of isiZulu
U- high is someone else
U -low is you

1 comment:

Unknown said...

1. No, it is not verbs ending in -ala that end in -langa as such: all verbs in the past tense (and sometimes stative form) end in -anga

2. uMuzi uza kufika leyithi
ushiywe libhasi - the bus left him

3. NOT uJezu but UJesu

4. NOT uzubuya = uzobuya

5, But the phrase "khona manje" means 'right now'

6.NOT: nasi incwadi but "nansi"

7. NOT naba amalungu = naba abelungu