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Uyakwazi = do you know

ngithi mina = i say

na is both have and and

anginambuzo = I dont have a question
nginambuzo = I have a question


uma = if and when

Ngomile. ngifuna ukuphuza amanzi
Ngomile is from -oma = to be dry (I am dry)
ngilambile. ngifuna ukuldla ukudla food and to eat)
(ukudla is both

kuyabanda = cold
iqhwa = snow
iqhwa liwile = snow has fallen

kuyashisa (nga)phakathi kodwa kuyabanda (nga)phandle
= it is warm inside ubt it is cold outside

pinda = what?

sipho = gift

thandewa or thandiwe = loved one

ubusika = winter

kuyabanda ebusika = it is cold in winter

e - in, at, from all prepositions

ngiya kwaWalmart = I am going to Walmart

Abantu banokulunga, kodwa abantu banobubi
people have goodness, but people have badness
ukulunga (good)
ububi (badness) from -bi = bad ugly

abantu pl of umuntu (person)

amfazi (woman) abafazi (women)

phenya ekhasini 32 = turn to page 32

angisakwazi -I no longer know you (it been a while)

iya ngela = that sucks!


icici, amacici- earings

-cela = ask
ncenga - beg
gcina - last

okokugcina = for the last time

Musa ukuganga! = dont be naughty!
Musa = dont be

nonyaka = this year

jabula = happy

ngihola = get paid

zwa = smell, hear, feel (touch), taste, feel (heart or head)

imizwa - emotions, feelings, senses

izidaka-mizwa -drugs (drunk senses)

daka = to be drunk

njani? = how

kunjani? = how is it? same

(M)asiqhubeke = let us continue
m is optional

Uhlalaphi? = where do you live?

ethekwini = the harbor and also Durban

Ngihlala= I live

Homework: 40 -41, exercizes 1-4
read short story on page 18

the click song
in Xhosa:
Igqirha lendlela - nguqongqothwane
Igqirha lendlela - nguqongqothwane
Ebeqabe' egqith' apha - uqongqothwane
Ebeqabe' egqith' apha - uqongqothwane
In English:
Diviner of the roadways - the knock knock beetle
Diviner of the roadways - the knock knock beetle
It just passed by here - the knock knock beetle
It just passed by here - the knock knock beetle

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Noreen's zulu name (igama lesiZulu)
nguNonkululeko - mother of freedom

Scott's igama lesiZulu
Umfundisi

kodwa = but

ZOli's other (elinye igama lesiZulu)
ngu Noxolo (mother of PEACE)

isiNgisi = English language (isiNgesi in Xhosa)

Muzi - house, village

Muziwdile - my name in zulu
Silindile -my other name (we are waiting)

uNOah unumagama amabili esiZulu - Noah has two names
has 2
igama (sing.) amagama (pl) = name or words

ngubani igama laike? = ngubani lo? = who is he/she

lalela = listen

isibongo sami nguMali = my last nae is Malo

all verbs agree with the parent noun of the sentence.

ngiyabonga kakhulu - thank you very much

ak(uk)ho inkinga - there is no problem (or ayikho inkinga)
is not there
uphi uMuzi(me) response: 'akheko'

what I missed at the beginning of the class.

Ngizobuya manje -Ill be right back (lit. I will come back now)

Weather:

Kuyabanda namhlanje
it is cold today

Kuzobanda kusasa
It wil be cold tomorrow

Clothing:

gqoka - to put on

Ngigqoke ijazi, nebhantshi, nejezi, nopolonekhi -
I am wearing a coat, jacket, and a sweater, and a turtle-neck

faka - acessorize, put on hat or shoes

ijezi elisha - a new sweater (ensha in isiXhosa)

ngifake isigqoko nesikhafu, namaglav(u)zi - I am wearing a hat (wool), scarf, gloves.

umakubanda igqoka ijezi
when it is cold, I put on a sweater

unombuzo? do you (sing) have a question
-no- means "and" and "have"

anginambuzo - I dont have a question
Nginambuzo (nginebibuzo pl.) - I have a question (have questions)

umbuzo (imibuzo pl.) = question(s)

cha - NO
antonym = Yebo (yes)

ngina = I have (ngino if with u-noun, -ne if with i-noun)

isitolo = the store
esitolo = at the store

isinkwa = bread

umntwana, abantwana (pl) - child

class1 is humans

usipho - Sipho
osipho (pl) - Sipho and others

1-21_Zulu notes

Inxoxo = dialogue (from xoxa – meaning to chat, discuss)
Siyaxoxa – we are talking
Nixoxoni? - what are you talking about?
(similar to uthini - what re you saying)

Masi-____= let us _____ (e.g. Masithi -lets talk , Masihambisane – let us go together)
always say hello someone, sawubona _______
(u)gogo = grandmother
(u)mkhulu = grandfather

nazal = "n" or "m" sounds

substitute for Unjani/Ninjani
Usaphila na? - are you still well? (literally alive)
response: yebo, ngisaphila - yes i am still fine/alive

Wena uphila njani - how are you living?
wena emphasizes you (??)

Kulungile = OK (with me)

ALSO

Ngingezwa kini? - how are things at home?

More name words:
Noah bani? - Noah who?

Umphumapi? - where are you from?

1-20_Zulu notes

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.)

1-15_Zulu notes

1-15-09

Inroduction to Zulu
w/ Professor Zoliswa Olga Mali
@ the BU African Studies Center

Ngiyaxolisa - I am sorry

Ngi = I
ya = am, go
xolisa = sorry

ngoba ngifike leythi - because I arrived late

ngoba = because
ngi - fike = I arrived
fike - e indicates past tense (fika is present/imperative)
leythi = (cognate) late

Introductions:

Ngingu Zoliswa - I am Zoliswa (or is it Ngi nguZoliswa ?)
ngu = am

Igama lami nguNoah - My name is Noah
Name of me isNoah

Isibongo sami nguMcKenna - My last name is Noah
surname of me isMcKenna

Ngubani igama lakho? - What is your name?
who name is what

Isibongo saike? - what is your last name?

Mina = as for me
lo = he/she

commands:

hlala phansi = sit down (is phansi a cognate?)
sit
masifunde - let us read
masi + funda
let us to read, study, learn (why the -e?)
Thula - shut up

*Note: all nouns begin with a vowel, but in direct communication, it is omitted

family members:
brother = (u)bhuti OR umfowethu (-wethu is possessive - our or my?)
sister = (u)sisi OR udadewethu
father = (u)dada
mother = (u)mama (-wethu)

Cultural note: when shaking hands with or accepting something from venerated person (elder, teacher, elder etc), use both hands

Greetings:

Sawubona (also sakubona) - hello, what's up (literally - we see you)
sanibona (pl)
response: Yebo, sawubona ______
note: always follow Sawubona with a name or appropriate substitute (e.g. mama for a married woman)

Linguistics:
-isiZulu belongs to the Ngoni language cluster of the Southern African Bantu family
-isiXhosa, isiSwazi (Siswati to them, no z sound), others...

Mzanzi = south (as in Mzanzi Africa)
synonym: Ningizimu

Umfundisi = teacher
synonym: (u)Tisha (cognate)
pronunciation and accent note: when "di" is up/accented it means teacher
when "disi" is down, means priest

Noxolo = Moher of Peace (woman's name)

Ngiyabonga = thank you
I am to thank

last supper

Kourtney leaves on a jet plane tomorrow. the two of us had an abnormally good time together. no food int he house so we went out to eat, not realizing that everything is shut down on sunday nights, except KFC and SPar, the omnipresent grocery store. THere is a qwikSpar, superSPar, or Spar on every other corner in South africa. Its like starbucks in he states. So we went to spar and got stuff for fajitas. we didnt have enough cash for Mexican spice (a blessing in disguise) but I was a bit worried on the way home about how I was gonna flavor the chicken with no sofrito and no adobo. I ended up using garlic and ginger, brazilian peppers, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper. and then out of desperation I added a splash of a mystery spice called simply "mints" that definitely wasn't just mint and a bunch of Italian spice mix. Its really difficult to find individual spices in this country. In the grocery stores, spice sections are dominated by spice mixes like "fish spice" or "curry" or "braai spice" or "mexican spice". Ive become an expert in mixing these unidentifiable mixes in different proportions to fake different flavors. Basically I rely really heavily on garlic and ginger. The mixture, time of addition and thus the degree of cooking of just those two ingredients can give you 1o or 15 base flavors to build from.
Despite the lack of appropriate spices and the downright awful tortillas, the meal was extraordinary. We had springboks to commemorate the occasion.
The funeral yesterday was a difficult experience. It involved sitting in a frigid church for 3 hours while 3 preachers switched off shouting at the top of their lungs into a maxed out PA system in a language I didn't understand. I'm sure it would have been difficult even if I had known what was being said. If that had been all it would have been simply unbearable but lcky for me there was singing about every 4 minutes.
Unprompted as far as I could tell, one particularly gifted woman would pop up and lead the mourners in song during a pause in the sermon. Though I didn't know the words, songs gave me an excuse to get up and shake off the blanket of sleep that would inevitably creep over me during the sermons. By far the most memorable part of the service was the actual act of burial. Everyone was huddled together around the grave in the midst of a freezing dust storm. After the last words were said and the final songs were sung, after the flowers and the handfulls of dirt of the family members had been thrown on the casket, all the men removed their jackets and set to the task of filling the grave. They, we would shovel push or throw the dirt with everything they had for a few minutes until someone came to offer help. It seemed futile at first as the wind would carry away the dry dirt before it entered the grave. The dirt itself was made of dust and chunks of concrete.
Voete comes back to work this tuesday and Ill be glad to have her back. She's really cool and its really a joy to be around her.

tons of meetings tomorrow. I am dropping Kourt off at the airport and picking up Alex, the next intern at noon. Id better get some sleep.
go well, y'all.

KG and Ray Allen!

I opened the computer to ESPN.com and saw the headline, "Reaction to the KG deal." Immediatly I thought Lakers but when I read the first sentence I flew out of my seat. hOly Crap! Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett on the Celtics!!
The way I see it, we've got 2 years to win it all. All three are way past warranty and with Big Al gone there isn't much of a bright future so the time is now now. I must admit the cost was crushing. It hurts to see them go... and two first round picks!! It is trading the future for the present but its about time the present looked a little brighter for my beloved C's. I cant wait for November! I can wait for the Red Sox, the Patriots, and the Celtics. I cant wait to be home.