Zulu Lesson Luggage

That is a short cut translation in fact, because i-si-khwa-ma is the state or provincial budget, your jacket pocket, computer bag, gym bag, bags for art students, hunters’ bags, cyclist’s waist pouch, camera bags, the church collection, African women’s clubs and their lending schemes, etc.

I-si-khwa-ma you say the first part like e-mail, the second like scene, the third like qualms and the last part like musk.

Women’s handbags are the reigning queens in 2023 because of Instagram and other social media window displays. Apparently, they are not handbags, but Madame Tussaud wax figures with French and Italian designers' logos.

What is a diplomatic pouch? Old movies have stories of diplomats hiding stolen jewellery or documents in diplomatic bags because they are not searched when they board planes. Diplomatic immunity they call it. Fact or fiction? 

There are women called ‘drug mules’ because they hide drugs in their luggage. Airports don’t like that, so be careful. In Thailand, they throw away the prison key, if they find drugs on you. Therefore, tell the man who ‘loves you so much’ that you won’t do it. He must smuggle his own drugs.

The company’s accountant is also i-si-khwa-ma because he or she keeps an eye on how money is spent because the taxman is coming. You better believe it. Oprah Winfrey made viewers laugh in one show when she said the taxman visits her company so often, she has a special room for them.

ZULU	ENGLISH
Nozi-khwama.	A girl’s name which means many bags. We don’t know why the family gave her that name.
Isi-khwama sami lesi.	This is my bag.
Izi-khwama zami lezi.	These are my bags.
Isi-khwama se-computer ka Phil lesi.	This is Phil’s computer bag.
Isikhwama sakhe sise motweni.	Her handbag is in the car.
Babheka izikhwama e-airport.	They check bags at the airport.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.