The Learn Xhosa Podcast - Free with Makhosi UBuntu Bridge

UBuntu Bridge has been teaching Xhosa since 2006, there are various products, learning services and tools at : https://www.learnxhosaonline.com/store

 

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Hello [9]
saying hello to one person: Molo

saying hello to more then one person: Molweni

Molo/Molweni, although deriving from the Englishand Afrikaans greetings, “Morning and More”, can beused any time of the day or night and is usuallyfollowed by a name or title of the person being greeted,variations of which we will learn later on.

 

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Pronunciation [11]
An important place to start is with pronunciation. Thiswill be learnt and re-learnt as your experience with thelanguage grows. It is important to make an effort fromthe start as we all know how much an accent can affectability to communicate and early habits tend to stick.English is a non-phonetic language, which means thata letter can be pronounced in many different ways ordifferent letter can represent the same sound indifferent words. The following example reveals foursuch ways for A:

Ape Arm Apple Air

Xhosa is a phonetic language. The letters correspondto the sounds consistently, so it is an easy language tolearn to read quickly.

 

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Vowels [12]
Vowel: pronounced like: as in word for: in Xhosa:A ah mother mamaE egg yourself wenaI igloo well philileO or hello moloU oo-la-la brother ubhuti

 

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Consonants [13]
Are generally easy and may be learnt as one learns thelanguage. There are a few important exceptions:Ph peanut not phone (alive - phila, well - philile)Th talk not thought (talk - thetha)Hl hlala not shlala (live,sit - hlala) (down - phantsi)TIP: (keep front tip of tongue against palette whilstmaking a sh sound) well/beautifully - kakuhleRh in Gauteng/goud - eRhawutini (as in Afrikaans)AmaRharhabe – One of the main Xhosa proper tribes.

 

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The Clicks [14]
With the clicks it is important to remember that manypeople struggle at first, purely because they are notused to them. However, every human is capable ofmaking such sounds, many of us have made them indifferent contexts and everyone I have taught hasgotten the clicks after some practice, whether that beten minutes of practice or three days. It depends onones attitude as well as effort.

Be patient with oneself. You may have to reprogramcertain muscles in your mouth. For such situations it isbest to practice often, but to rest whenever one starts tofeel strained by the effort. This may happen quickly inthe beginning, but this will change with time.Patience and practice.

 

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