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1-08 Lesson 1 Intro
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1-09 Hello
Hello [9]
saying hello to one person: Molo
saying hello to more then one person: Molweni
Molo/Molweni, although deriving from the Englishand Afrikaans greetings, “Morning and More”, can beused any time of the day or...
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1-11 Pronunciation
Pronunciation [11]
An important place to start is with pronunciation. Thiswill be learnt and re-learnt as your experience with thelanguage grows. It is important to make an effort fromthe start as we all know how much...
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1-12 Vowels
Vowels [12]
Vowel: pronounced like: as in word for: in Xhosa:A ah mother mamaE egg yourself wenaI igloo well philileO or hello moloU oo-la-la brother ubhuti
UBuntu Bridge has been teaching Xhosa since 2006, there...
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1-13 Consonants
Consonants [13]
Are generally easy and may be learnt as one learns thelanguage. There are a few important exceptions:Ph peanut not phone (alive - phila, well - philile)Th talk not thought (talk - thetha)Hl hlala not...
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1-14 The Clicks
The Clicks [14]
With the clicks it is important to remember that manypeople struggle at first, purely because they are notused to them. However, every human is capable ofmaking such sounds, many of us have made them...
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1-15 Writing The Clicks
Writing the Clicks [15]
Interestingly, the letter k can be used to phoneticallyrepresent the sound of the following three letters asused in English.X exam eksam / relaksC clean klean / kleverQ quiet kwestion /...
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1-16 The X-Click
X ‘Sideways’ click [16]
(spurring a horse)Press the side of the tongue against the upper side teeth and pull itaway rapidly.Practice the isolated clicks with the five vowels:
xa xe xi xo xuXhosa language - isiXhosaa...
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1-17 The C-Click
C Click ‘Tongue in front’ [17]
(the ‘ag, shame’ tut-tut-tut/ticking clock, click)Press the tip of the tongue against the upper front teeth and rapidlypull it away.Help a little bit request politelyNceda kancinci...
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1-18 The Q-Click
Q Click ‘Tongue top middle’ [18]
(cork popping/door knocking)
Press the front part of the tongue against the hard palate behindthe front teeth and rapidly pull it away.Understand western doctor traditional doctorQonda...
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1-19 Agglutination
Agglutination [19]
Xhosa is a ‘glutinous’ language, meaning that vowels atthe beginning and end of words are often swallowed,words or syllables thus becoming ‘glued’ together.Thank you, lady - Enkosi, nkosikaziBecomes...
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1-20 Greetings
Greetings [20]
This is a basic greeting to get us through the first fewlessons. You may know some variations and we willcertainly cover them in time, but for now we are goingto stick to this simple formula.
Vocab for...
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