Asbonge is a Zulu term for "Let's give thanks" or "Let's be thankful"
Example
Beke le beke asbonge bafethu.
Touchline Operator, MBUZI.
One feels pressure when he is around
One feels pressure when he is around
Example
“Dai man ke GAETZ“
A Sangoma is a highly respected healer among the Zulu people of South Africa who diagnoses, prescribes, and often performs the rituals to heal a person physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually.
Example
I need to go see a powerful Sangoma.
Inyanga is mostly a traditional herbalist and does not usually perform rituals that are common to those that a Sangoma performs.
Example
I went to see Inyanga when I was not feeling well.
In Xhosa, umgqakhwe is a derogatory term used to refer to someone born out of wedlock.
Example
"Makungangeni mgqakhwe ebandleni likaYehova; nesizukulwana sawo seshumi masingangeni ebandleni likaYehova." - deuteronomy 23
"No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even down to the tenth generation."
Tse nzima is a word used to describe people who are good at something. It is normally used as a compliment.
Example
If you get the girl your friends can say to you
Tse Nziiiiiiiima.
Agang is a Tswana verb that means build
Example
In Tswana
- Agang ntlo.
In English
- Build a house.
Nguni, cluster of related Bantu-speaking ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.
They speak Xhosa, Zulu, Swati and Ndebele.
They speak Xhosa, Zulu, Swati and Ndebele.
Example
We should unite as Nguni people and stop this tribalism.
An imaginary day in Wendy Williams' mind
Example
Who lied to Wendy Williams about Wendy Williams Day?
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