Tear in Zulu
To tear something in Zulu is da-bu-la.
Donald Trump ran on a tear up everything former U.S. President Obama had ever done ticket: Affordable Health Care, Immigration, everything.
Letters are old school e-mail that came in an envelope addressed to somebody or Mr. & Mrs. Girls would receive letters from boys. They could be accepted with a smile or torn up without reading them.
When a couple divorces, friends and family say the marriage certificate is torn up. The British brought the bible to Africa and taught kids about their English ancestor who tore a river up in two. We see homeless people with torn clothes.
There are many instances where politics tear a country into two because of religion or land disputes.
Da-bu-la also means taking a short cut through houses, something that is common in Asia and Africa where there are no picket fences. I see it a lot in Yoruba movies. Da-bu-la. You say the first part like darling, the second like booing and the third one like lark.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang
Donald Trump ran on a tear up everything former U.S. President Obama had ever done ticket: Affordable Health Care, Immigration, everything.
Letters are old school e-mail that came in an envelope addressed to somebody or Mr. & Mrs. Girls would receive letters from boys. They could be accepted with a smile or torn up without reading them.
When a couple divorces, friends and family say the marriage certificate is torn up. The British brought the bible to Africa and taught kids about their English ancestor who tore a river up in two. We see homeless people with torn clothes.
There are many instances where politics tear a country into two because of religion or land disputes.
Da-bu-la also means taking a short cut through houses, something that is common in Asia and Africa where there are no picket fences. I see it a lot in Yoruba movies. Da-bu-la. You say the first part like darling, the second like booing and the third one like lark.
ZULU
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ENGLISH
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Dabula.
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A boy’s name. We don’t know
why the family gave the child this name.
Maybe it was torn apart by some family feud or immigration.
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Dabulamanzi.
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A boy’s name, which means cutting a river into two.
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I-ngu-bo ka-Selina i-da-bu-ki-le.
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Selina’s dress is torn.
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I-bhu-lu-kwe li-ka-Jorges li-da-bu-ki-le.
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Jorges’ pants are torn.
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Wa-da-bu-la i-ncwa-di yo-msha-do.
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She tore the marriage certificate.
He tore the marriage certificate.
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Da-bu-la le-receipt.
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Tear this receipt.
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Da-bu-la le-contract.
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Tear up this contract.
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Da-bu-la i-shi-di ka-bi-li.
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Tear the sheet into two.
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Da-bu-la pha-ka-thi kwe-zi-ndllu.
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Take a short cut through houses.
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U-nga-da-bu-li la.
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There is no short cut here (sign outside a house or church).
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