Step Aside in Zulu
Step aside is de-da
in Zulu.
America is prepping up for the 2020 presidential election and it’s good to know that Hilary Clinton is stepping aside and not running for president. Sometimes, the best modus operandi (MO) is to step aside and do some introspection.
De-da. You say the first part like dam and the second like dull.
By: Nonqaba waka
Msimang.
Blocking the way is intentional and unintentional. Do cellphones make blocking the way intentional?
For example, you want to pass but most passengers on the bus are wired for
sound: headphones. You don’t want to tap
them on the shoulder because touching strangers in Canada and the U.S. can be
criminal or regarded as sexual harassment.
‘Excuse me, I’m getting off next stop’.
Our great-great-great grandparents in Africa blocked the way
intentionally. Boys did not go to dating
sites. They waited for girls near the
river and used the classic line: I can’t sleep thinking about you.
Girls will tell them to step aside and let them pass. If they persisted in their advances, they reported
them to their brothers, and they had many, because men had three or more wives.America is prepping up for the 2020 presidential election and it’s good to know that Hilary Clinton is stepping aside and not running for president. Sometimes, the best modus operandi (MO) is to step aside and do some introspection.
De-da. You say the first part like dam and the second like dull.
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Dedani.
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A boy’s name which means step aside,
make way. We don’t know why the family gave the newly born that name, but
there is always a reason.
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Badedile.
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A girl’s name which means they have stepped
aside. They have accepted defeat.
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De-da-ni ba-dlu-le a-ba-va-ka-shi.
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Step aside, let the visitors pass.
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De-da ngi-dlu-le u-ma-ma u-ngi-thu-mi-le.
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Step aside let me pass. My mother has
sent me on an errand.
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De-da na-nsi i-mo-to.
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Step aside, a car is coming.
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Ngi-zo de-da e-mva ko-khe-tho.
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I will step aside after the election.
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Ku-ya-li-wa, a-ba-fu-ni u-ku-de-da e-zi-khu-ndle-ni.
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There is fighting. They don’t want to step aside/vacate the
seats (politicians do that).
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Ma-ma a-ka-fu-ni u-ku-de-da e-mbhe-de-ni.
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Mother, she doesn’t want to move aside
on the bed.
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Ba-zo-de-da u-ma se-be-la-mbi-le.
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They will move when they are hungry.
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De-da-ni i-mo-to ya-mi le.
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Step aside. This is my car.
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