1-20 Greetings

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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 Greetings: Hello (sing) - Molo Hello (plural) – MolweniBrother - (u)bhuti Father - (u)tataSister - (u)sisi Mother - (u)mamaTeacher - (u)Titshala Students - (a)bafundi(The vowels in brackets above are part of the full nounwhen referring to a mother or the father, but isdropped when speaking to someone directly.)It - ku how? - njani? So... how’s it? - Kunjani?Well - philile Thanks - enkosiYourself - wena Me too/also me - nam Class Greeting: Greeting betweenClass response in bold: individuals:Molweni, Bafundi Molo, bhuti / tataMolo, Titshala Molo, sisi / mamakunjani? kunjani?philile, enkosi philile, enkosikunjani, wena? kunjani, wena?philile nam, enkos’ philile nam, enkos’   UBuntu Bridge has been teaching Xhosa since 2006, there are various products, learning services and tools at : https://www.learnxhosaonline.com/store   #ubuntu #learnxhosa #xhosa #xhosalanguage #isiXhosa