When it comes to wisdom about relationships and enmity, isiZulu has a total of 94 separate proverbs to use in almost every situation. These are some of my favourites, and I particularly enjoy teaching my Class 10s about threats and grudges. In fact, I could write a whole post just about the 24 common proverbs […]
Tag: courage
When you talk of courage ngesiNgisi, are you aware that it’s from the root word for ‘heart’? If you read my previous post on inhliziyo, you’ll realise that courage ngesiZulu doesn’t come from the heart. So where does it come from? Simply put, it comes from your liver. ngesiZulu, isibindi’s first meaning is ‘courage’ or […]
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