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Glossary Qala: start, begin
Umbongo: a poem
Ubuchwephesha: skill
Kubuhlungu: it is sad
Sokola: struggle
Ukuqashwa: to be employed
Ngomso: tomorrow
Phofu: by the way
Ixhala: anxiety
Ukungabi nasikolo: being illiterate/ uneducated
Ukwakha: to build
Ndiyavuya: I’m happy
Ubuhlungu: pain (Kubuhlungu: it is painful)
Ukuxakeka: to be busy
Ukufunda ude uyityekeze: a well educated person.
Umncedisi: a helper; an assistant
Ithamsanqa: luck / to be fortunate
Ingxaki: problem
Ndiyabulela: thank you
Into eselwayo: Something to drink
Uyakhumbula?: Do you remember?
Ndilibele: I have forgotten
Ukunceda: to help / assist
Ngomso: tomorrow
Umyeni: husband
Inkosikazi: wife
Ukuxhuma: jump
Iyathethwa: It is said
Intetho: speech
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Ukudinwa: to be tired
Ukufumana: to get
Mnu (Mnumzana): Mr/Sir
Nkosk.(Nkosikazi): Mrs
Nkosazana: Miss
Umntu ngumntu ngabantu: a person is a person through (other) people.
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