Pour in Zulu
Thela is to pour in
Zulu. You pour water in a basin or down
the drain, pour gas in the car or pour milk in your whole wheat porridge.
The-la. The first part of the verb is pronounced like tell and the second part like lark.
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| Photo: Nonqaba waka Msimang. |
You don’t help the situation when you say
negative things when couples or families are fighting. A calming influence is needed, someone who
can pour water in the fire, not fan the flames.
When you hire a car in South Africa, you’ll stop at a gas
station. The gas attendant, called a
petrol attendant will ask you, Si-the-la
ma-li-ni? How much do we pour in
the gas tank? This will most likely
happen if you black because they won’t know that you are African American or a
black person from other parts of the world.
They see someone who looks like them.The-la. The first part of the verb is pronounced like tell and the second part like lark.
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ENGLISH
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The-la u-bi-si.
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Pour milk/Add milk.
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The-la a-ma-nzi. Ngi-ge-ze i-nga-ne.
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Pour water so that I can give the child a bath.
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The-la-ni a-manzi, u-ci-she u-mli-lo.
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Pour water to extinguish the fire.
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Ngi-zo-ni the-le-la u-lemonade.
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I’ll pour lemonade for you.
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Ba-the-le u-mqu-ba e-nga-di-ni.
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They poured compost in the garden.
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Ngi-zo-ku-the-la nga-manzi.
Suka lapho.
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I’ll pour water on you. Move from there.
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Gabriela, u-the-la u-bi-si e-tiye-ni la-kho?
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Gabriela, do you take milk in your tea?
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Cha, a-ngi-lu-the-li.
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No. I don’t.
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Marcos, u-the-la u-bi-si e-kho-fi-ni lakho?
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Marcos, do you take milk in your coffee?
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Yebo. Ngi-ya-lu-thela.
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Yes. I do.
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The-la u-petrol ka-R50.
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Pour R50 petrol.
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The-la-ni u-si-me-nde ka-R2,000.
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Pour cement for R2,000.
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Samson, the-la i-nhla-ba-thi.
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Samson pour sand.
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By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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