You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. ~Clay P. Bedford
It’s 8: 29 PM on day 424 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself baked beans on toast for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – feed myself a chickem nugget sandwich for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more–Christian Hollingsworth over at http://smartboydesigns.com/ made a $107.69 donation and I am calling on everybody to follow in his footsteps even if you can’t donate $107 you can donate $25 and participate in my Sit for Water event which is taking place tomorrow– feed myself rice and curry for dinner and brush my teeth once more.
As you may or may not know South Africa has eleven official languages and since I like sharing what I know I have compiled a list of commonly used Xhosa words – Xhosa is an African language that is commonly spoken in the Eastern Cape (I had to learn it while in boarding school because the kids there didn’t speak any English). Take a look:
Xhosa 101: Words and daily conversation you need to know to survive in Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Xhosa words translated into English for The accuracy of these words is not |
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SIFUNDA ISIXHOSA |
WE ARE LEARNING XHOSA |
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Amagama |
English |
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| Mama | Mother | ||||
| Bawo/Tata | Father | ||||
| Molo | Hi | ||||
| Kunjani | How are you/How are things? |
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| Sikhona | We are fine/We are here |
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| Igama | Name | ||||
| Mna | Me | ||||
| Yena | him/her | ||||
| Wena | You | ||||
| Bona | Them | ||||
| Dadewethu | my sister |
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| Mfowethu | my brother |
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| intombi/intombazane | unmarried woman/girl | ||||
| Inkwenkwe | boy | ||||
| Umfazi | married woman | ||||
| Indoda | Man | ||||
| uxolo/ixolo | forgiveness/peel | ||||
| Enkosi | Thank you |
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Daily Conversation |
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| Ndifuna ukudla | I want food |
| Ndifuna ukutya okunesondlo |
I want food with nourishment |
| Ndicela undibonise umzi ka… |
Please show me the house of … |
| Iphi imbizo? | Where is the meeting? |
| Ndifuna ukukhwela uduladula |
I want to ride in/on a bus |
| Baphi abantu abadala/abakhulu |
Where are the older people of the house |
| Lumkela inja | Beware of the dog |
| Imini nobususku | Day and night |
| Waphukelwe yintliziyo |
He/She has a broken heart |
| Uvelemva | One who appears last |
| Inja phandle | Dogs out! |
(Note: The information above is courtesy of IsiXhosa Dictionary)
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Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!