Before you express your love to your loved one in a language that is not yours, be certain you know the correct pronunciation. If you speak the words using the incorrect inflection in your voice, you might be saying something entirely different and may create a lot of trouble for yourself....
No matter where you’re from, or what language you speak, there’s an event that everyone celebrates. That event is the New Year. Greet your friends in their native language, or just wish people you know “Happy New Years” in a new language! AFRIKAANSgelukkige nuwejaar / voorspoedige ...
`Men and ARV's: How does being a man affect access to antiretroviral therapy in South Africa?: An investigation among Xhosa speaking men in Khayelitsha', Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town Working Paper No 80.
The phrase "just wanted to say" is one of those almost phatic remarks that acknowledges an awkwardness of address, and here resonates as an example of a past intent to speak, a wanting, that is now perhaps being fulfilled. The songs and the listeners find themselves present among "the ...
Chinese has a reputation of being a tough language to learn, but have you ever wondered why that is? Nearlya billion people in the world speak Mandarin Chinese– so clearly learning it is possible. However, if you’re a parent thinking about having your children learn Mandarin as a second...
'They all Speak Your Language Anyway …': Language and Racism in a South African School This article reports a rhetorical discourse analysis of learner perspectives on language diversity in a contemporary South African high school. Based on four group discussions with Grade 12 isiXhosa, Afrikaans ...
However, this is not universal practice; also writing on Botswana, Pansiri (2008) has shown the difficulties that arise when teachers neither speak nor understand the languages of the children they teach. This especially happens in the remote areas of Botswana, contributing among others to low ...
Everyone else is subhuman, and not entitled to speak ??? What I gave you AND him was MY OPINION, and NOTHING you say will MAKE ME SHUT UP, just because you want me to or ORDER me to. I will CONTINUE to express myself as OFTEN as I LIKE !!! Yes, I said, " it's just NOT...
The “African” dream root is found in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The locals refer to it as white paths or ubulawu. It has been used for thousands of years by the shamans of the Xhosa tribe, located in the river valleys. The root grows easily in a preferably wet environment ...
If you're black you can most probably speak Zulu, even if you're not Zulu yourself. You can sing your national anthem in four languages, and are inordinately proud of this fact. School is supposed to be free, but if you send your child to a 'free' school then it's likely that ...