Roar in Zulu

I was born in Africa. I don't understand how people
can fly all the way from Europe and America to come and see lions.
Photo credit: online pics
Roar is bho-nga in Zulu.


Lions don’t yawn when they wake up.  They roar, and hopefully you are not around taking a selfie against a tree.  Kids and women in abusive households keep quiet when the man of the house arrives and roars.  To stir up trouble is bho-ngo-za.
Bho-nga. The first part is pronounced like ball, the second like singer, soul, opera or jazz singer. To cause trouble is bho-ngo-za, the first part is like ball, the second like longitude but with an -o-, and the last part like Zara.

ZULU
ENGLISH
Bhongoza.
A boy’s name.  Maybe someone in the family or the country was causing trouble when he was born.
A-ma-bhu-be-si a-ya-bho-nga e-hla-thi-ni.
Lions roar in the forest.
U-ba-ni u-bho-ngo-za?
Who is the chief troublemaker?
U-Drew u-ye-na u-bho-ngo-za.
Drew is the chief troublemaker.
U-Sienna u-ye-na u-bho-ngo-za.
Sienna is the chief troublemaker.
Ba-ya bho-ngoza a-ba-se-be-nzi.
Working are roaring/angry.
A-ma-pho-yi-sa a-ba-mbe- u-bho-ngo-za.
The police caught the chief troublemaker.
A-ma-pho-yi-sa i-wo-na o-bho-ngo-za.
The police are the chief troublemaker themselves.
By:  Nonqaba waka Msimang.

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