2-11-09

Health
Injani ingalo? = how is your arm
Ingalo ingcoco. = it is better

Nginomkhuhlane (Ngi + na + umkhuhlane) = I have a cold/flew/fever

ungcono

Nginekhanda = I have a head(ache)
(ikhanda = head, iqanda = egg)

inyawo, izinyawo = feet
isandla, izandla = hand
shayzandla - clap your hands (lit. beat you hands)
umdolo, amadolo - knee
isisu - stomach
-phetwe (passive) - I am suffering from (+ yisisu, gamadolo)

bobabili - both of them
abasebenzi - they dont work
abasabenzi - they no longer work (ngoba badala = because they are grown)

usho njani ukuthi __? - how do you say __?
kusho ukuthini ukuthi __? - what does it mean

thenga - buy
thengisa = dayisa - to sell

uhleli? - are you awake?
Ngihleli! - I am awake

Note on pluralization of borrowed words
imoto, izimoto
(goes to class 9)

abafowethu - my brothers
abafowabo - his brothers
abafowenu - your brothers

nami - me too
mina - as for me

usebenza ngekhompyuta = he/she works with computers

e- vs. kwa-
store names use kwa-, most places, generally use e-
masizwe - let us hear

nginababfowethu ababili - I have two brothers
badala kunami - older than me
omnane kubo - the younger one
akanadadewabo - she doesn't have a sister
angindadewethu - I dont have a sister

uyinjeneli - engineer

Homework
umsebenzi I and II on page 60, Sawubona