Being Worried in Zulu
Pic: Nonqaba waka Msimang
This is a general blog about anything under the sun. It also provides mini Zulu lessons for those interested in the language, spoken in most countries in southern Africa. However, its umbilical cord is buried in the KwaZulu Natal Province, in South Africa.
Worry is kha-tha-za in Zulu. Being worried is life itself I suppose and we deal with it in various ways. People who struggle to make ends meet because of poor harvests, lack of rain, floods washing away crops, being laid off, being paid $50 U.S. dollars a month or losing kids in civil wars because some man wants to be president, take it in their stride. They live with the worry.
Rich people in Europe, Canada and the U.S. pay doctors to sleep on a couch and tell them why they are worried about husbands that deleted love or wrinkles that refuse to keep quiet.
Meanwhile, the real world is worried about coronavirus. The Chinese are worried that it will raise racism against them. Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister is worried about the blockades in British Columbia, to protest the Coastal Gaslink project.
Kha-tha-za. You say the first part like car, the second like tyre and the third like czar.
I-nkathazo is the noun.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
Worry is kha-tha-za in Zulu. Being worried is life itself I suppose and we deal with it in various ways. People who struggle to make ends meet because of poor harvests, lack of rain, floods washing away crops, being laid off, being paid $50 U.S. dollars a month or losing kids in civil wars because some man wants to be president, take it in their stride. They live with the worry.
Rich people in Europe, Canada and the U.S. pay doctors to sleep on a couch and tell them why they are worried about husbands that deleted love or wrinkles that refuse to keep quiet.
Meanwhile, the real world is worried about coronavirus. The Chinese are worried that it will raise racism against them. Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister is worried about the blockades in British Columbia, to protest the Coastal Gaslink project.
Kha-tha-za. You say the first part like car, the second like tyre and the third like czar.
I-nkathazo is the noun.
ZULU
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ENGLISH
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Khathazekile.
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A girl’s name which means worried. We don’t know what the family was worried about when she was born.
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Khathazile.
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A girl’s name which means somebody worried the parents one way or the other.
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U-Prudence u-yakhathaza nge-mali.
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Prudence is always asking for money or maybe she is extravagant.
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U-Sabelo u-yakhathaza nge-mali.
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Sabelo is always asking for money or he is not good at managing it.
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U-Sergio uyakhathaza. Uphuza kakhulu.
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Sergio is worrisome. He drinks a lot.
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U-Ian u-yakhathaza akafuni ukusebenza.
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Ian is worrisome. He doesn’t want to work.
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Musa u-kungikhathaza.
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Don’t worry me.
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Musa u-kungikhathaza. Ngilele.
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Don’t bother me. I’m asleep.
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E-Merika bakhathazekile ngokhetho luka 2020.
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Americans are worried about the 2020 election.
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A-balimi ba-khathazekile ngemvula.
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Farmers are worried about rain.
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Izinyoni zi-ya-khathaza emasimini.
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Birds are a problem in the fields (maybe they eat corn).
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Sikhathazekile ngempi yomhlaba yesithathu.
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We are worried about World War 3.
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By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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