Zulu Lesson Learning

Tourism is another form of learning. Start with your country B4 going to Europe to see some ruins.

What do you learn in school?

Parents love that question when kids don’t know the difference between imports and exports. To learn something is fu-nda in Zulu. You say the first part like fool, the second part like Linda. It is also a popular name for both girls and boys because before the internet, parents believed that education provides a brighter future.

Funda: a boy’s name.

Mfu-ndo: a boy’s name which means education. You say the first part like lymphoma, a medical condition, the second like endorse.

No-mfu-ndo: a girl’s name which means education. You say the first part like not, the second like lymphoma, a medical condition and the last like endorse.

Ba-fu-ndi-le: a girl’s name which means they are educated. You say the first part like baba, the second like food, the third like Cyndi and the last like leg.

The advent of computers and technology in general brought another demand from employers. You must be computer literate. Some job interviews even want knowledge of particular software, used in the industry you want to join. Wise older employees take part time courses at the polytechnic or online to stay in the technology loop. Future promotion might depend on it.

Basic learning differs from country to country. Girls in Canada and U.S. don’t know how fortunate they are, to learn driving at an early age. In Scandinavian countries like Norway and Sweden, people speak more than three languages because of the school system.

It’s never to late to learn. As the proverb goes, we learn till we die.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.