Angry in Zulu
Mad/anger is thu-ku-the-le in Zulu.
There’s a lot of anger in sports, despite fines. A date is soured already when the other party
is late, because of the old excuse, traffic.
Kids get mad after sitting a long time in the stroller.
Renting an apartment is a hit or miss situation. People come to work mad as hell. Many reasons.
They didn’t sleep because neighbours were making noise drinking,
fighting or neighbours’ dogs barking the whole night.
Cellphones make lovers mad all the time because you give
your online lover more time than the in-house one. All is well I suppose, until you take a plane
to see a stranger who might not look like his or her profile pic. Scary stuff.
Thu-ku-the-le. You say the first part like tool, the second
like kudos the third like Tess, and the last one like leg. The noun is u-ku-thu-ku-the-la. There is another noun, but it is
difficult for non-Zulu speakers: intukuthelo.|
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ENGLISH
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U-Thukela.
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A mighty river in the land of ama-Zulu, historic battles fought on
its banks against the Queen of England’s land-grabbing armies.
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U-ma-ma u-thu-ku-the-le.
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Mother is angry.
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U-ba-ba u-thu-ku-the-le.
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Father is angry.
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Lindsay, yi-ni nda-ba? U-thu-ku-the-le.
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Lindsay what’s wrong? You are
angry.
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Jiga, yi-ni nda-ba? U-thu-ku-the-le.
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Jiga what’s wrong? You are
angry.
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A-ku-si-zi nga-lu-tho u-ku-thu-ku-the-la.
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Getting angry is pointless.
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U-ba-si u-thu-ku-the-le.
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The boss is angry.
Oga (Nigerian for boss) is angry.
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Ba-thu-ku-the-le a-ba-ho-la-nga.
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They are angry. They were not
paid.
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Ba-thu-ku-the-le. A-ba-la-la-nga.
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They are mad. They didn’t sleep.
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Ngi-thu-ku-the-le nge-ma-li ya-mi.
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I’m angry about my money.
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Ngi-thu-ku-the-le nge-blog ya-mi.
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I’m angry about my blog (somebody plagiarised it).
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