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 ...
'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 ...
Men and ARVs: 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.Beck, D. 2004. Men and and ARVs: How does being a man affect access to ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
I'll have you know, English is the most spoken language in the world, with nearly 1.13 billion speakers (of whom about 379 million speak it natively). YOU said, "What is not normal is your behavior toward another human being who was only trying to help you". I never attacked him, I...
If you're Indian your ancestors came from India. You might know an Indian language but you probably speak English most of the time. If you're Chinese you have a hard time filling in forms for "race" and always have to tick "other". You fully understand why South Africa is called the...
Editor's note:Kriolu is different from island to island. WhereIlived, in the fora ofSão Tiago, we would say something like "N podi kum' vidru, ka ta dwê." (Note that mágua means 'wound', while dwe means 'hurt'. You may use whichever seems more appropriate). ...