Yesterday And Tomorrow in Zulu


Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.
This lesson will deal with yesterday and tomorrow only, because I can’t think of a way to teach you na-mhla-nje which is today in Zulu.  English does not have cluster vowels like Zulu and Xhosa.
ZULU
ENGLISH
I-zo-lo.
Yesterday.
A-ma-zo-lo
Dew, literally means water that formed yesterday.
Na-mhla-nje.
Today.
Ku-sa-sa.
Tomorrow.
I-zo-lo.  The first part has the e-mail sound, the second the Zodiac sound and the last part, the lock sound.
Ku-sa-sa.  The first part sounds like kudu, the last two as salad.
ZULU
ENGLISH
U-fi-ke ni-ni?
When did you arrive?
Ngi-fi-ke i-zo-lo.
I arrived yesterday.
Ba-fi-ke ni-ni?
When did they arrive?
Ba-fi-ke i-zo-lo.
They arrived yesterday.
Si-fi-ke e-Nice i-zo-lo.
We arrived in Nice yesterday.
Ba-fi-ke e-Hamburg i-zolo.
They arrived in Hamburg yesterday.
Si-zo-fi-ka e-Leribe ku-sa-sa.
We will arrive in Leribe tomorrow.
Ba-zo-fika e-kha-ya ku-sa-sa.
They will arrive home tomorrow.
U-Martin no-Meghan ba-zo-shada ku-sa-sa.
Martin and Meghan will get married tomorrow.
Ku-sa-sa u-Khisimusi.
Tomorrow is Christmas.
Ku-sa-sa u-nya-ka o-musha.
Tomorrow is New Year’s Day.
Si-zo-zila u-ku-dla ku-sa-sa.
We will fast tomorrow.
By:  Nonqaba waka Msimang

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