3-13 Lesson 7 Conversation

Lesson 7 Convo - Clarification Phrases [11-13] (A Xhosa man greets a young lady Xhosa student)Vocab:At all - tu! I say - ndithiThen - ke (used like ‘then’ in “alright then” or “okthen”) Slang for English - isilungu1. B: Molo sisi2. S: Ewe3. B: Uphilile?4. S: Ndiphilile, enkosi. Wena unjani?5. B: Ndiright enkosi. Unqabile wena.6. S: Uxolo, bhuti, andiqondi. Ndisafunda isiXhosa.Sukukhawuleza. Ndithetha kancinci nje.7. B: Ndiyabona sisi. Ufuna ukuthetha isiLungu na?8. S: Andikuva, bhuti, khawuphinde?9. B: Ndithi: ufuna ukuthetha isiNgesi na?10.S: Hayi, bhuti, enkosi, andifuni. Ndizama ukuthethaisiXhosa nje. Uyakwazi ukuthetha isibhulu na?11.B: Ndiyakwazi. Wena uyakwazi ukuthethaisiFrentshi?12.S: Andikwazi tu!13.B: Alright, sharp ke sisi.14.S: Sharp ke bhuti. Sobonana leyitha.15.B: Bhabhayi   English:1. B: Hello, sister.2. S: Hello.3. B: Are you well?4. S: I am well, thanks, how are you?5. B: I’m alright, thanks. You are scarce.6. S: Excuse me brother, I do not understand. I am stilllearning Xhosa. Do not go fast. I speak a little bit.7. B: I see, sister, do you want to speak English?8. S: I don’t understand you, brother, please repeat.9. B: I am saying: do you want to speak English?10.S: No, brother, thanks, I do not want to. I am trying tospeak Xhosa only. Do you know how to speak Afrikaans?11.B: I know how. Do you know how to speakFrench?12.S: I don’t know how to at all!13.B: Alright, sharp then sister.14.S: sharp then, brother. See you later.15.B: Good bye   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