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isiZulu

A C2 mastery pack reaching into proverbs and their wisdom, oratory and shifting register, praise and naming, and the worldview of ubuntu, for speakers moving toward near-native command of isiZulu.

C2 · Near-Native Fluency

Proverbs & their wisdom Izaga nokuhlakanipha

isagaa proverb / sayingee-SAH-gah

Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantuA person is a person through other peopleoo-MOON-too ngoo-MOON-too ngah-BAHN-too

Inkunzi isematholeniThe future bull is among the calves (greatness shows young)een-KOON-zee ee-seh-mah-toh-LEH-nee

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