These are podcasts designed to help you speak and understand isiZulu, one of South Africa's main languages. You listen to all time best South African music, get a feel of zulu poetry and listen to some tongue twisters. Zulu is known for having many clicks that you can't learn off the book that's why am here to help you. The lessons provide many examples of everyday sentences that are looked in-depth.
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These are podcasts designed to help you speak and understand isiZulu, one of South Africa's main languages. You listen to all time best South African music, get a feel of zulu poetry and listen to some tongue twisters. Zulu is known for having many clicks that you can't learn off the book that's why am here to help you. The lessons provide many examples of everyday sentences that are looked in-depth.
Learn isiZulu
Lesson 34
Common medical words
http://www.wolfescape.com/WebPages/ZuluDict.htm
this contains medical words and phrases mainly used by nurses etc
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZzYLAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
this has zulu stories also translated into English
http://www.isolezwe.co.za/
South African written in Zulu
disease/ flue- umkhuhlane
Kanti awuboni na? Umunto lowu ulomkhuhlane !
Can’t you see? This person has a disease
AIDS – ingculazi
Ulengculazi – he/she has AIDS
Cancer umhlaza / umdlavuza
Kade ephethwe ngumdlavuza
She had cancer
Asthma - isifuba somoya
Moya= breath/ air
Umuntu lowu engagijimi, ulesifuba somoya
This person mustn’t run, she has asthma
Epilepsy – Isifo sokuwa
Kuwa = fall
Lo baba wakhe ulesifo sokuwa
T.B isifo sofuba
Fuba= chest
Wabulawa ngesifo sofuba
Chicken pox- inqubulungwana / upokisi
Ngeviki eyadlulayo babanjwa ngepokisi
Last week they caught chickenpox
Diarrhoea- Sheka/hudo
Angilalanga izolo, kade ngisheka ubusuku bonke
I didn’t sleep yesterday, i had diarrhoea all night
Constipation – ukuqumbeka
Phuza lokhu uyaqeda ukuqumbeka
Drink this, it will end constipation
Urine umchamo
Umchamo wami awulunganga
My urine is not right (bad colour)
STD - isifo socansi
Uhamba ulala labantu uzothola isifo socansi
You go sleeping around! You will catch an STD
Rash – Qubuka
Unyawo lwami luqale ukuqubuka
My leg started getting a rash !
Itch – kuyaluma
Uthe Inxeba yakhe iyaluma
He said his wound is itchy
Cut - ukusika
Bazoyi sika ngoMgqibelo
They will cut it on Saturday
Swelling - kuyavuvuka
Mhlawumbe usuvuvukile
Maybe it’s swollen
Pus ubomvu
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These are podcasts designed to help you speak and understand isiZulu, one of South Africa's main languages. You listen to all time best South African music, get a feel of zulu poetry and listen to some tongue twisters. Zulu is known for having many clicks that you can't learn off the book that's why am here to help you. The lessons provide many examples of everyday sentences that are looked in-depth.
