Xhosa or IsiXhosa Tongue Twisters
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Original: | Bu bula booshe bubekxa rubexa roola hoodie hoo. |
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English: | Sometimes when I'm lonely I like talking to feet that smell like horse potatoes. |
Original: | Amaqand'enqil'aqhumkile. |
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English: | The eggs of a bird (a bird with red and yellow colors) are broken. |
Original: | Ixhegu liqumuqethu liguqe ngamadolo. |
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English: | The old man cut the grass while kneeling down. |
Original: | Axdes uqhiv, pkjoyadg uqhiv. |
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English: | Good blood, bad blood. |
Original: | Iqaqa laqabaleka iqhini latyibalika laqhawula uqhoqhoqho. |
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English: | The zorilla (polecat) crossed the hill, slipped and broke its larynx. |
Original: | Iqaqa laziqikaqika kwaze kwaqhawaka uqhoqhoqha. |
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English: | The zorilla (polecat) rolled down and ruptured his larynx. |
Original: | Ndiqhele ukucheba ixhego inkqayi. |
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English: | I usually shave grandpa's head to the bone. |
Original: | ugqirha uligqabhuzile iqhakuva elisemqolo KaQondie qhumfu. |
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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! |
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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) |
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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. |
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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 |
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English: | The ant that bit the elephant is having a headache |
Original: | Igama lokugqirha lokubambana |
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English: | The ant's name is elastic |
Original: | Qalabafana bafanana |
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English: | The apples are falling |
Original: | Iintaka ziyagqirha zona |
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English: | The ducks are swimming in the pond |
Original: | Uluphi uyanyuka |
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English: | The water is rising |