Who in Zulu

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and 

Girls Monument at Forks, Winnipeg.

Who are you?

Who is ba-ni in Zulu. Who won the November 2018 midterm elections in the U.S?
When you visit southern Africa, people will ask you your name (i-ga-ma). You’ll tell them and also say you are from Brazil, Portugal, Poland or Ukraine.

The question is more detailed for locals because they still live in close-knit communities, both rural and urban.  The answer should include your last name, your father’s name and grandfather’s.  This was important in the olden days because certain families lived in certain parts of the land e.g. above a river or under a mountain range

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Who broke the window?  Accidents happen when boys play football or cricket nearby.  There’s a knock on the door?  Who is it?

Ba-ni.  The first part is pronounced like Ba-li, with a soft -b- and the second part like neat.

ZULU	ENGLISH
U-ba-ni i-ga-ma la-kho?	What is your name?
U-ngu-ba-ni?	Who are you?
U-ba-ni o-ngqo-ngqo-za-yo?	Who is knocking?
U-ba-ni lo?	Who is this?
U-ma-ma.	It is mother.
U-ba-ni lo?	Who is this?
U-ba-ba.	It is father.
U-ba-ni lo?	Who is this?
U-da-de-we-thu.	She is my sister.
U-ba-ni o-wi-ne i-House of Representatives?	Who won the House of Representatives?
A-ma-Democrats.	It is Democrats.
U-ba-ni o-wi-ne i-Senate.	Who won the Senate?
A-ma-Republicans.	It is Republicans.
O-ba-ni la-ba?	Who are they?
Si-fu-nda na-bo.	They are classmates.
O-ba-ni a-ma-ga-ma a-bo?	What are their names?
U-Linda, no-Sesame no-Viktor.	They are Linda, Sesame and Viktor.

By:  Nonqaba waka Msimang.