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Original:
Bu bula booshe bubekxa rubexa roola hoodie hoo.
English:
Sometimes when I'm lonely I like talking to feet that smell like horse potatoes.
Original:
Amaqand'enqil'aqhumkile.
English:
The eggs of a bird (a bird with red and yellow colors) are broken.
Original:
Ixhegu liqumuqethu liguqe ngamadolo.
English:
The old man cut the grass while kneeling down.
Original:
Axdes uqhiv, pkjoyadg uqhiv.
English:
Good blood, bad blood.
Original:
Iqaqa laqabaleka iqhini latyibalika laqhawula uqhoqhoqho.
English:
The zorilla (polecat) crossed the hill, slipped and broke its larynx.
Original:
Iqaqa laziqikaqika kwaze kwaqhawaka uqhoqhoqha.
English:
The zorilla (polecat) rolled down and ruptured his larynx.
Original:
Ndiqhele ukucheba ixhego inkqayi.
English:
I usually shave grandpa's head to the bone.
Original:
ugqirha uligqabhuzile iqhakuva elisemqolo KaQondie qhumfu.
English:
The doctor has squeezed the pimple in his back.
Original:
izolo bendiye kulo Mabuqubuqwana, uMabuqubuqwana wandibuquza ngeqakath' enqayini ndaqond' uba 'nd'zo mbuquz' engandiqondi nje!
English:
Yesterday I went to Mabuqubuqwana [person's name] and he clubbed me in the head; but I knew I will hit him back.
German:
Gestern ging ich zu Mabuqubuqwana [Eigenname] und der schlug mir auf den Schädel; doch ich wusste ich hau zurück.
Original:
Ndacol' icik' eQonca, ndayibeka kwase Qonca ... (4x)
English:
I found something in Qonca [name of place] but left it there.
German:
Ich fand etwas in Qonca [Ortsname] doch liess es dort.
Original:
Uqondiwe waqabela emqomeni utata ka qondiwe wathatha iqudu wamqeba enqayini.
English:
Qondiwe climbed on top of a dust bin and her father took a kinop Kerri and hit her in the bald head.
Original:
Gqirha ngqiqo uyayiqhatha igqirhaniso
English:
The ant that bit the elephant is having a headache
Original:
Igama lokugqirha lokubambana
English:
The ant's name is elastic
Original:
Qalabafana bafanana
English:
The apples are falling
Original:
Iintaka ziyagqirha zona
English:
The ducks are swimming in the pond
Original:
Uluphi uyanyuka
English:
The water is rising
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