"Ke bea Bomma pele"
Pronunciation
Thobela abase magunyeni
Be obedient to authorities
Pronunciation
Sure mfowethu, I will see you tomorrow.
Pronunciation
Dankie for featuring me, mfethu.
Pronunciation
Mna ndililolo, andinamntu.
I am a loner, I have no one.
Let’s go to Mogodu Monday next week.
Ola Nyoviolas, I am your biggest fan.
I can't wait to see my younger brother as ikrwala.
Pronounced (ggggaaah); is a Khoikhoi word for “plenty” or “enough”. Used in Xhosa as a term for “That’s enough”often in anger and sometimes in disgust hence mistaken for “ew”.
In Khoikhoi: There is a river in the Eastern Cape called Birha. Bi is milk, and rha is plenty. Hence “a place of milk”. Another use is in the Xhosa chief Gambushe’s nickname: Rharhabe meaning “Minister of Plenty”.
In Xhosa it varies:
In a Dismissal Manner
Someone: I’m going to out race you.
Me: Rha! That would be the day.
To stop a child who is hitting another child a parent could say “Stop it. Rha! That’s enough”
In a Disgusting Manner
When a child see poop usually they used to say “Rha! Poo”
When people hear, smells, or see a disgusting thing they can say “Rha!”
In an Elated Manner
A person recounting an exciting moment of thriumph can say “Rha! I out did myself”
Feeling pretty? “Rha! I’m beautiful”