Zulu Lesson Waking Up

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Wake up, internet addiction makes you vulnerable to highway robbery, 
'highway' literally, because that is what the internet is.

A second language is a +  not a -, something schools in Norway and Sweden understand. This blog offers Zulu, which was born in KwaZulu, one of the South African provinces. It is also spoken in Swaziland, Lesotho and Zimbabwe.

Zulu lessons are sporadic for a good reason. I look for words I can explain in English. Linda is my favourite example, identical pronunciation in both Zulu and English.

TODAY’S LESSON WAKE-UP

Wake up is vuka in Zulu. Vu-ka you say the first part like volleyball but with a ‘U’ and the second like karma.

Vukani is a popular boy’s name asking the family to wake up and realize something. We wake up in the morning or when the plane lands in Durban, our destination. We also wake up when we realize our mistakes. We own up and make the necessary adjustments. We also wake up when we realize what we were told, is a lie.

Political examples

Waking up to a fact is painful because we must first admit we were wrong. We see it in the Georgia racketeering case against Donald Trump. Four of the original 18 co-defendants took the guilty plea offered by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Scott Hall a bail bondsman paved the way, followed by three Trump lawyers: Sidney Powell, Kenneth Cheseboro and Jenna Ellis.

Other Wake-Up Situations

Vuka: wake up, he doesn’t love you.

Vuka: wake up, he’s stealing from you.

Vuka: wake up, she’s seeing your husband.

Vuka: wake up, he took another wife.

Vuka: wake up, you won’t be re-elected.

Vuka: wake up and close the business, customers are online now.

Caution: Doing the right thing might boomerang because friends and family don’t want to be nudged awake. Mind your own business, is the usual retort.

Nonqaba waka Msimang

Executive Blogger 

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