Season 1
Episodes
1-21 Goodbyes
Good byes [21]
Person going says:Stay - sala or salani (pl) well - kakuhlePerson staying says:Go - hamba or hambani (pl) well - kakuhle*,* kahle is also widely used, though strictly speaking it isisiZulu
hamba/ni –...
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1-22 Excuse Me, Sorry
Excuse Me [22]
Excuse me, sorry, pardon, peace are all the same word
- uxolo
sorry - uxolo excuse me - uxolobeg your pardon - uxolo peace - uxoloExcuse me, I don’t know Uxolo, andiyaz
UBuntu Bridge has been teaching...
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1-23 Vocab Recap
Vocab recap [23]
how’s it? – kunjani? well – philileyourself – wena me too – namsit down – hlala phantsi excuse me – uxoloI’m sorry, teacher – uxolo, titshalaI don’t know – andiyaziexcuse me, I don’t know – uxolo,...
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1-24 Lesson 1 Convo Breakdown
Lesson 1 Conversation - Greeting and Good-bye [24-25]
(The male teacher [Titshala] greets the students[abafundi])1. T: Hello (pl) Students T: Molweni, Bafundi2. A: Hello Teacher A: Molo, Titshala3. T: How’s it?? T:...
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1-25 Lesson 1 Conversation
Lesson 1 Conversation - Greeting and Good-bye [24-25]
(The male teacher [Titshala] greets the students[abafundi])1. T: Hello (pl) Students T: Molweni, Bafundi2. A: Hello Teacher A: Molo, Titshala3. T: How’s it?? T:...
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1-26 Lesson 1 Essentials
Lesson 1 Essentials and HW test: [26]
Be able to:• greet and do the handshake• pronounce the clicks alone and in words1. Excuse me, brother.2. Hello to a group.3. Hello to a girl. How’s it?4. Fine, thanks....
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1-27 Cultural Insight - The Handshake
CULTURE Insight - Handshakes: [27]
- handshakes are common between genders, mostlyusing the ‘African handshake’, consisting of thestandard western grip, followed by a loose gripping ofeach others thumbs by the...
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1-28 Lesson 2 Intro
Lesson 2: Introduction to Verbs and Prefixes
goal:To be introduced to the verbs and the prefixes, and tolearn some basic vocab.
UBuntu Bridge has been teaching Xhosa since 2006, there are various products, learning...
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1-29 Verbs
Verbs [29]
In Xhosa, we have basic verbs, what we know as ‘doingwords’. They are actions, and appropriately, theyalways end with an ‘a’ in their basic present tense,positive form. Below are examples:
Learn - funda...
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1-30 Speaking Commands to Groups
Speaking Commands to a Group [30]
When speaking to a group, add ‘ni’ e.g.Such as: Go well (to a group) - hambani kakuhlelisten (to a group) - mamelaniSit (to a group) - hlalani phantsiQuiet (to a group) -...
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1-31 Cheating With Nouns
Beginners Trick: Cheating with Nouns [31]
In the early stages of this course, we focus on verbs forrapid conversational ability. We will cover the learningintensive nouns in Level 3, so for now, for any thingjust add...
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1-32 6 Subject Prefixes
The six subject prefixes [32]
Next we have six prefixes, which allow us to say I learn,you learn, he or she learns, we learn, etc.Remember, they are prefixes. They always attachthemselves onto the front of a verb,...
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