First 100 words Flashcards

1
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What are you doing?

A

Wenzani

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2
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Is is a Pleasure

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Wamkelekile

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3
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Sin or express pity

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Isono. Isono nga loyo gogo(we must feel pity for that granny)

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4
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Only have eyes for me

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Bheka(look) mina(me) ngedwa(I’m alone)

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5
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I only have eyes for you

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Ngibheka wena wedwa

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6
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Eat

A

Dlisa

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7
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You speak out of your ass

A

Ukuphapha

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8
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You phapha

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Uyaphapha

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9
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People who phapha all the time

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Omas’phapheni

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10
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The devil

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Usathane

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11
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Cartoons

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Amapopeye

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12
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Time for playing the fool is over

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Isikhathi (time) samapopeye(for Popeye) siphelile(is over)

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13
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To Be patient or to put up with nonesense

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Ukubekezela

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14
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What will people say

A

Abantu bazothini

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15
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To comfort

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Ukududuza

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16
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Just because or definitely

A

Nje

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17
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Why are you asking me for my passbook and special permit(someone asking you lots of questions)

A

Yini(why) ungibuza(ask)
ipasi
Nes’pesheli(special passbook)

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18
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You’ve got to be shitting me

A

Aninyi

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19
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Retirement

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Um’hlala Phansi

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20
Q

Sit

A

Hlala

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21
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Down

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Phansi

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22
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Tie up bind or arrest

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Bopha

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23
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I want to bind you up

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Ngifuna ukukubopha

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24
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Flat butt

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Isishwapha

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Go buy
Hamba uyothenga
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Molding, shaping, creating
Bumba
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Criminal activity
Ubugebengu
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Mix up, cross paths, intersect or lose your mind
Phambana
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You're crazy
Uphambene
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They're crazy
Baphambene
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All of them are crazy
Bonke baphambene
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Yes, I am working hard
Yebo, ngisebenza kakhulu
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Are you studying?
Uyafunda? Reply :yebo, ngifunda isizulu
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I am still well VS I am very well.
Ngisaphila VS ngiphila kahle
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May I come in?
Ngingangena(-nga means may)
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Change from I am working to I am not working
Ngiyasebenza to angiyasebenzi
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We don't work
A-si-sebenz-i
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Don't you want to drink with today
Awufuni ukuphuza Nami namhlanje
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Come
Woza
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Instruct someone not to worry
Musa uku-khathazeka! Or mus'uku-khathazeka!
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Instruct more than one person not to worry
Musa-ni uku-khathazeka or musan'ukukhathazeka
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More polite way of saying you should not worry
U-nga-khathazek-i
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How, who, when, where, what
Kanjani, - bani-(ungubani), nini(uhamba nini), kuphi(uvela kuphi), - ni-(u-thi-ni means you say what?)
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Only interrogative to begin a sentence
Yini(why) ufunda isizulu
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Spider
Isicabucabu
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Man
Doda
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A man that is a spider
Indoda (a man) eyisicabucabu(that is a spider)
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A spider of a man
Isicabucabu (a spider) sendoda(of a man)
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Irritate
Casula
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You irritate me
Ucasula mina
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Chime in
Fakaza
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Why are you chiming in
Ufakazani, wena?
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A witness
Ufakazi
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A male person
Um-lisa
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Snitch
Impimpi
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To be disappointed
Phoxeka
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To create, to cause or to be old
Dala (Mdala means he is old, Umdali means someone who creates such as God)
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I am missing you
Ngiyaku khumbula
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