Setswana - Dumela -Blackboard Project -

[dagurru]

Hello, I'm doing a South African play and I have to speak a few phrases in Tswana. So far I haven't even found out what they mean, could anyone help me?

[ImGonnaKillYou2nd]

"r" rolling cool

[YakobusRO]

Setswana sounds wonderful to me, especially the letters r (trilled /r/), g (/x/), tl (/tɬ/) and the drawled vowels.

Dumela, thank you for sharing a bit of your very beautiful language!

Ke a leboga fela thata!

[BergamoFirenzeSGV]

pretty language

[edeklegend]

I'm afraid to say that "boroba/bofera-boraro" doesnt exist in official Setswana. It only applies for eight and nine.. which are borobabobedi and borobabongwe respectively!

For seven it logically correct but if we say/write it what are we gonna say for six???

Borobabone? NO!!! |SEVEN= bosupa period!!

[Conway79]

Great video! I love the 'tl' sound. :-)

[CaptainObvious0000]

how do you say "i need a better haircut" ?

[CodeXero]

@CaptainObvious0000 lmao

[ASPRINALARD]

@CaptainObvious0000 'ke tlhokana le go kgaolwa moriri go gaisa mo!' Don't break your jaw trying to pronounce that now! Be warned!

[ntombana1]

I was in Botswana for one month.....amazing people...i love the language and the culture..keep it up!!!

[tangerine19]

As in Xhosa or Zulu? Not at all.

Sesotho / Southern Sotho (close related to Setswana) has click consonants however.

[finjpnKyabia]

g /x/

tl /tɬ/

i heard so.

does Tswana language have "Click"s?

[ASPRINALARD]

Good job but one correction! 'I'm 17 years old' translates to 'Ke di ngwaga di le lesome le borobaboraro'! What is written on the board there translates to 'I'm 80 years old'!

[magauchsein]

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[biggmoss]

@ASPRINALARD Nyaa e seng lesome le borobaboraro, 17=Lesome le bosupa

[ASPRINALARD]

@biggmoss Yes, that's another way of sayig the same thing, isn't it?

[biggmoss]

@ASPRINALARD Nnyaa mothowamodimo seo ga se Setswana sa tlhomamo.

[ASPRINALARD]

@biggmoss Hahahaha! That's really funny! Cheers!

[biggmoss]

@ASPRINALARD Hahaha, Cheers, I thot u were gonna be dissed tht!

[JidHob]

@ASPRINALARD

I guess tswana is a hard language...its actually "lesome le bofera/ boroba bobedi...boroba boraro would be 7, which is bosupa...or Kutendeka in kalanga....

[ASPRINALARD]

@JidHob No! Lesome le bosupa or lesome le borobaboraro/boferaboraro is 10 + 7 (17). I guess the latter version is a bit awkward but still correct! Masome a boferabobedi is 80 though! The other way of saying the same thing is 'masome a robedi'!, 80! Isn't it?

[JidHob]

@ASPRINALARD

True that... As i said...it is a hard language... Thanks for the correction...

[sgleteane]

@ASPRINALARD correction, its "ke dingwaga di le lesome le bosupa", 17 ke lesome le bosupa..

[ASPRINALARD]

@sgleteane You are all correct! I guess it just shows that there are various ways of saying the same thing in Setswana! So no one is technically wrong here!

[Plions22]

@ASPRINALARD

You are very correct, but one last correction, it translate to " Ke dingwaga dile lesome le bosupa". Borobaboraro is rarely used I think.. cheers

[ezequielc11]

Awesome, sounds like a phonetic language, the same as Spanish.

[Vartt19]

0:20 - 0:25 what? :D:D

[ItJustHappend]

setswana is sooo easy! my parents are both from south africa.

[LOLitskemo]

okayy ?

[LOLitskemo]

o wow. i can speak sotho

[orduni90]

interesting language..

[atkinsonja]

can anyone recommend any good setswana learning tools, like books, software, etc.?

[LOLitskemo]

you cannot learn good by having books, software ect. you have to actually go to southafrica. in soweto located in southafrica. or go to botswana. thats the best way you can learn u shud stay there for about a year or maybe 6months if ur a fast learner!

[laoshu505000]

EXCELLENT!I love languages so much...keep it up!

[itaewondong]

Good job girl...i'm teaching koreans not only english but to speak setswana also..

[usenetposts]

She sounds just like the lady who reads the No1 detective series onto audiobook!

[wrongloop]

Awesome