Crazy in Zulu

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Pic: Online image, Crazy Kiya Re, a song from Dhoom 2, 
dance sequence similar to black music videos.

Sa-nga-na is to go mad in Zulu. Some people went crazy when the business they opened in September 2019 went belly-up because of COVID-19. Some go mad because of the same old story: love, and one way traffic love, in particular.

Sa-nga-na. You say the first part like some, the second like Lingala, a language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the last like now.

What drives us crazy the most is thinking, especially during these stay-at-home times: thinking about debt, money to pay the bond/mortgage or rent because the landlord is a businessman, not a humanitarian and losing the ones you love because you no longer have money. How do they put it in Nigerian movies? No romance without finance.

Most mental patients are women, especially in so-called developed countries. They believed in Hollywood and married for love. After giving birth to three kids, husbands left them, because they want body parts that are still firm.

Sa-nge-ne is the state of being mad. You say the first part like some, the second like Stonehenge and the last like neck.

ZULUENGLISH
U-ngamnaki u-Lefu, uyasangana.Don’t mind Lefu. He’s crazy.
U-ngathi u-yasangana Lefu.It looks like Lefu is going crazy.
Wa-sangana Lefu. Yini ndaba?You look crazy Lefu. What is the matter?
Ngi-zosangana ilengane. Ayizwa.This kid is driving me crazy. He’s stubborn.
U-Lefu u-yasangana insangu.Pot/Weed drives Lefu crazy.
Umama no baba ba-zosangana u-ma bebona imoto o-yishayisile.Mum and dad will go crazy when they see the car you bashed.
Ngi-yasangana uma ngingayi emsebenzini.I go crazy when I don’t go to work.
U-sangene u-Blessing, uhleli ekhaya nezingane.Blessing is going crazy. He’s at home with the kids.
Ngisangene, ngilahle ukhiye wase-khaya.I’m going crazy. I lost my house keys.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang



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