uMabhengwaneFor those of you who haven’t noticed, I don’t put the izihloko (newspaper headlines) on the blog anymore – to see them, you need to follow @isiKhovana on Twitter, or you can simply search for the #izihloko hashtag. I give points for each one, and give cryptic clues as to how to translate them – […]
What kept the owl quiet these past four weeks? Why were there no bits and pieces of linguistic weirdness occasionally scattering across your screen? ngenxa yomsebenzi-nje. because of work. Which is a good thing. uMasingana, the isiZulu name for this month, relates to the verb singa, meaning ‘to look about, to peer out of a […]
Post by Maurice Mackenzie > Nodumo! Isikhova isisilwane esiphila ebusuku, esizingela namehlo alandela izindlebe ezicosha umsindwana ozo veza izilwane ezi phuma sekuhlwile. Sidalwe nobuhlakana olungapezu’kwezinye izilwane. Abadala bathe simela abaphansi ngoba ima sikhala kungathi kumemezana amadlozi noma amandiki. Ngqungqulu ‘dla madoda Translation by Cullen Mackenzie > One-who-thunders-with-thought! The owl is a creature that lives at […]
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