Miscellaneous II Flashcards
Let me remind myself
Ngithi ngizikhumbuze
Often, most of the time
Kaningi
It’s your turn now
Sekunguwe manje
You caught me out!
Ungibambile! Ungitholile! Ungibambe masishane!
She is sick
Yena uyagula
Now she is sick
Useyagula
She is still sick
Usagula
Now she is also sick
Naye useyagula futhi
She is already sick
Usegulile
She is about to get sick
Usezogula
Hence I’m saying
Nje ngoba ngisho nje
It doesn’t matter
Akusenani / Akusenandaba
I went straight home
Ngiye ngqo ekhaya
last question
umbuzo wokucina
left overs (food)
ukudla ukulele
I laughed a lot
angihlekanga nje! (negative + nje, or negative twice+nje)
I eat a lot these days!
Angidli angidli nje kulamalanga!
almost
-cishe subj pref +v+a
extinguish, put off, turn off
-cish-
I almost won/beat you
Ngicishe ngahluleka
S/he almost won/beat you
Yena ucishe wahluleka
have you ever before
usake wa+verb+a
are you ready?
sewulungile?
Yes I’m ready
Yebo sengilungile
You’re right You hit the target
Uqinisile Ushaye emhlolweni
You’re wrong You missed the target
Ugejile Ushaye eceleni
to retire
ukuthatha umhlalapanzi (imi)
miss (a target) (verb)
-gej-
I’m thirsty
Ngomile Ngonyiwe Ngomele amanzi
You’re thirsty
Womile Wonyiwe
invite (verb)
-mem-
you are invited
umenyiwe
truth
iqiniso ili/ama
to cut the grass
ukugundana utshani (ubu)
at the time that
Ngenkathi e-verb-a
I bought it for myself
Ngiyazithengela
Introduce yourselves!
Zethule!
line
umuqa
draw a line
udwebe umuqa
confuse (verb)
-did-