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Introduction to the Ndebele language

Written by Mr L. Mthunzi

Lecture 1

Vocabulary

Uku , to ; Bisa , bring ; isinkwa , bread ; khona , here ; nyama , meat ; le , and , with ; uchago , milk ; ukubisa , to bring ; ukusa , to take to ; ukufaka , to put ; lokhu , this ; e , in ; lo , with ; ungela , without ; ukubuya , to come ; ukudla , food ; itshukela ,sugar ; iqanda ; faka , put ; buya , come .

Ukulwa , to fight

Ukuqoqa , to plan . Ukuxoxa , to talk .

Thatha , take . Bonga , thank . Beka , put .

Unga , don’t . Ungabongi , don’t thank . Ungadli , don’t eat . Ungathathi , do not take

Ngiya bonga , thank you . Sabona , hie .

Make sentences using these words

Bisa , isinkwa , faka , uchago , inyama

e.g. Bisa inyama ; Bring the meat

isinkwa lo chago ; bread with milk

Eg Bisa inyama (bring the meat) : Ungabisi inyama (don’t bring the meat)

1.Faka isinkwa khona .(put the bread here)

2.Bisa uchago . (bring the milk)

1.Ungafaki isinkwa khona . (don’t put the bread here)

2.Unga bisi uchago . (don’t bring the milk)

1.Ungathathi imali . (don’t take the money)

2.Ungadli isinkwa . (don’t eat the bread )

3.Ungathathi iqanda le tshukela . (don’t take the egg and the sugar)

4.Ungafaki itshukela echagweni . (don’t put the sugar in the milk)

5.Ungabuyi ungela nyama . (don’t come without meat) 6.Ungathathi lokhu ukudla . (don’t take this food)

1.Thatha imali . (take the money)

2.Dlana isinkwa . (eat the bread )

3.Thatha iqanda le tshukela . (take the egg and the sugar)

4.Faka itshukela echagweni . (put the sugar in the milk)

5.Buya ungela nyama . (come without meat) 6.Thatha lokhu ukudla . (take this food)

Thatha iqanda . Bisa ukudla lokhu . ungabuyi ungela kudla . Ukubuya ungela tshukela le qanda le sinkwa .

Take the egg . Bring this food . To come without sugar and egg and bread .

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