NATIVE WORDS AND PHRASES. 



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Se mova, it is behind. 



Ea vuta, ifs looking. 



Ea chisa, it is hot. 



O ezwa ge ? do you hear ? 



O ezwile? did you hear? 



Nge ezwile, / heard. 



U na manga, you lie. 



Ga ne na manga, / don't lie. 



Ante tanda, / don't like. 



Gang aze, / don't know. 



Ase aze, we don't know. 



Ang ezwa, / don't understand. 



Nge ponsile, I shot. 



Nge za gu tshaea, I'll hit you. 



U hlabile, you have slaughtered 



(as an ox). 

 Uti umlungu, the master says. 

 Ba ngapi bafana ? where are the 



boys ? 



Ea gu bane ? whom does it belong 



to? 

 E hambile nane ? when did it 



go? 

 Ko ini ? what was it ? 

 Muti mo ne ? what tree is that ? 

 U bane lo ? what is this ? 

 Upi na umvula ? where is the 



river ? 

 U ea pi na ? where are you going ? 

 Ua enza ni na ? what are you 



doing ? 

 Ala panze u e gaza, pour out the 



water aitd wash it. 

 Hamba, tata zinto zeto, go, get 



our things. 

 U gu unchengisa inhlela eang 



Gubuluwayo, show me the road 



to Gubuluwayo. 



