Hope in Zulu
To hope is the-mba in Zulu.
Somebody’s name on Twitter prompted today’s Zulu lesson. His name is Sinethemba, which means we have hope. What I also found interesting, is that women have the same name, which makes sense because parents have the same hope, whether the newly born baby is a boy or girl.
Si-ne-the-mba. You say the first part like sing, the second like neck, the third like temp and the last part like ember. When he grows up, other kids will simply call him Themba.
T-Zaa, or T-Man might be his street name, if he grows up on some block in the U.S. or South Africa. Probably, only his mother will use the full name, especially when she is mad at him.
The-mba is to hope. You say the first part like tell, the last like ember.
I-the-mba is the noun, hope. You say the first part like e-mail, the second like tell and the last like ember.
This year, 2020 will go down in history as the year of hope: hope that scientists and medical people will find a cure for COVID-19, the virus that has engulfed the world killing 198,532 people (25 April numbers).
It also sent us home because offices, factories, schools, stores, bars, coffee shops, hotels, concert and sports arenas, are under lock and key, as a measure to prevent it from spreading.
Sinethemba will be a popular name for babies born in 2020. There will be other variations of the name.
Siyathemba, meaning we are hoping, we, many people.
Thembani, meaning many people should hope for a cure.
We hope for the rainbow after the storm.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
Si-ne-the-mba. You say the first part like sing, the second like neck, the third like temp and the last part like ember. When he grows up, other kids will simply call him Themba.
T-Zaa, or T-Man might be his street name, if he grows up on some block in the U.S. or South Africa. Probably, only his mother will use the full name, especially when she is mad at him.
The-mba is to hope. You say the first part like tell, the last like ember.
I-the-mba is the noun, hope. You say the first part like e-mail, the second like tell and the last like ember.
This year, 2020 will go down in history as the year of hope: hope that scientists and medical people will find a cure for COVID-19, the virus that has engulfed the world killing 198,532 people (25 April numbers).
It also sent us home because offices, factories, schools, stores, bars, coffee shops, hotels, concert and sports arenas, are under lock and key, as a measure to prevent it from spreading.
Sinethemba will be a popular name for babies born in 2020. There will be other variations of the name.
Siyathemba, meaning we are hoping, we, many people.
Thembani, meaning many people should hope for a cure.
I-themba lethu, meaning our hope, the family’s hope, country’s hope and the world’s hope.
We hope for the rainbow after the storm.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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