Xhosa lesson 3. Pronouncing vowels

[babacool81]

Do you give lesson by skype? you should start a business!

[JaSamMocniRendzer]

They sound the same in Serbian! :D

[BietjieMal]

I learned isiXhosa at school years ago, now I live in australia and I really miss that vibrant language! Thanks for posting :D

[WonderWomanFan4life]

You are so dammm sexy.. i love those pretty pearly white teeth. ok now on to my lesson. you make me wanna smile too.

[bincai888]

LOL... You were born speaking it? Wow! So, you came out and said molo mama.

Do you have a vocabulary list? And pleeeaase slower. I speak Spanish, Mandarin, and English and this language is not even close to anything I've learned so far.

[Arimane]

In Italian is exactly the same, that's so easy! =D

[ShellLV]

You're gorgeous btw...I love your smile lol.

[theTRUTHHertz1]

this is really helpful stuff man! just met a gorgeous south-african gyally n she gunna luv mi long tiiime when i get some of this knocked on the head!! lol.

[happygamestvfun1]

Aww, no need to appoligise, your vidoes sucked anyway.

[jemahika]

Exactly d same as Oromo language in East Africa, Cush family

[giraki1]

Same as the Swedish vowels minus U, Y, Ä and Ö. =D

[msayofemi1]

i am asking is isixhosa the same as kwazulu like uyi is pronounced wi and ngiya is pronounced ngai ?

[ddsdblue1]

Your a really good teacher. That just sounds ace!!!!

[mj4everandalways]

fuck, i spit on my screen.

[calitza]

this is excellent, what a wonderful way to spread culture through the internet!

[haga936]

This was easy. Swedish has far more vowel sounds than these.

Now to the vocabulary. :-)

[FreeInChrist26]

1:30 hahah!!! so funny!!

[hallrc]

Could you please explain how to pronunce the "hl," "kh," and "ph" sounds? Thank you!

[Videos1970]

This is all wonderful! Why did you stop?

Thank you though. Been looking for something like this for years.

[return2tribalculture]

hey cutie may i have a private lesson in xhosa which i was born in your culture i want to go overthere and live with the tribe for some time (am african) will they accept me do they still exist or all modernised?

[TheBoredBystander]

Very friendly guy!!

[niitai5]

what is occurring everybody???

[vaperez]

It is true! From Spanish it is not that confusing!

[xpwnx4]

right now its at like 36,000 lol

[koyband]

Really nice language buddy!!!

I think they shoud hire you to rap in a song ! It would be interessing!!!

Ur vowals are the same we pronounce in Brazil!!!

All the best!

[Lorys0107]

What about numbers in Xhosa ?

[0AtheneNoctua0]

the same as in german! :-)

almost

[JavierC1972]

Respect, brother.  Good videos. Good energy.

[Hogie506]

New video my friend! Please!

You is my best (free) resource for learning this beautiful language until I find a tutor (I live in Ireland).

Why not make more than one short videos at once?

I just need to be able to know how to pronounce these feckin words! Nceda!

If it helps, me and my sister both think you are very, very cute. Especially your smile :D

[winxy07]

Same as german vowels :D

[andiswaaa]

khaya i'd like to know u if u dont mind am in the united states rite now bt am a proud xhosa women i think what u'r doin' is super super awesome, i do that too over here in carlifornia bt i think u'r very gud teacher i culd'nt do that i try at least bt ppl just simply cannot do those clicks i think what u doin is gud well done super awesome! we have such a lovely language....thanks my brother!

[stacynewyork]

@andiswaaa I wish you were in nyc, I would love to learn xhosa! Im a great student and have no problems forming my tongue to pronounce the clicks.

[Theblackbarbie698]

@andiswaaa your a xhosa women cool that is 1 of my tribes..:)

[andrew49247]

Khaya it's been over 5 months now again, new video please!

[MsCicena]

The vowels are the same in Spanish! yay!

Thank you Khaya!

[Bekll]

Or Italian. Even Japanese. :)

[MinisterKGB]

Thank you for making more comrade , I do enjoy learning the african languages! so cultural and beautiful sounding

[MedicineFork]

I love your language. I am currently living and studying in Germany. Germanic languages are interesting but Xhosa is awesome. Please continue your teachings.

[321findme]

Japanese and Spanish both use just those vowels, makes spelling so easy!

[qjura]

great teacher! You definitely need to pronounce the vowels with x and q for us to hear and practice before you continue to the next lesson

[latasha1970]

thank you!

I'm curating a tribute where the vocalists are singing Xhosa and we are sooooooo lost. I think this is going to help.  I watched the click lesson too.

[KuntaKinteBiaatch]

Khaya, I swear that the letters are spoken the same way in german!!! they just don't use this clicks. but thank you for this lewson man now i can say soma letters in 10 different languages without speaking them AND i can even dance them with eurythmy! :) THATS THE FUTURE OF UNIVERSAL SPEAKING!

[dremelinskov]

Once you learn Latin, everything is easier. I can speak 10 languages, Fluently. Just do latin, man.

[sheffk]

Khaya! please keep making the videos. i listen to boring xhosa CDs in my car. this is much better. Enkosi!

[ReEnhanced]

Big up! Nice

[RubleWB]

Molo Khaya, Unjani? Ndi funa e Mzantzi Afrika.  Sobonana shomi yam.

[lupinedivinity13]

Hey Khaya, what about the letter r? Is that any different in Xhosa?

[khayav]

Perhaps it shall be in the next lesson :-)

[lupinedivinity13]

awesome! looking forward to it! :)

[diuryl]

i was thinking when you were going to make your next vid yesterday, and today what do i find? LOL!!!

[khayav]

I was reading your mind. lol!

[helgihg]

Yay! \o/

[kwakhed23]

yay! i am very happy that you are continuing this!

[hockeygod10]

has indeed been a long time

[CecoBg3]

lol in my country we say B , C , D and F the same way

[kato9692]

What's ur country?

[RCoosta]

Haiti!! F** dont you Xhosa is a language from Haiti!

[kato9692]

Xhosa is also the official language in South Africa, too.

P.S. My question was going toward a comment that CecoBg3 made on the previous page. ^_^

[RCoosta]

lol... sorry

[kato9692]

it's all good

[dremelinskov]

Er, Afrikaans and English are the official languages of South Africa, friend. Xhosta is common in other parts of Africa.

[kato9692]

Um well, thanx for the info, brotha.^_^

[llareek]

my information tells me that South-Africa has 11 official languages of which Xhosa is one...

[dremelinskov]

It depends on the region. Certain regions have different official languages. Re-check your information. I live there.

[SalvatioNzn]

ur a prick mate calm down they jus interested......

[dremelinskov]

Go ahead, thumb me down! I live in South Africa! Ignorance is bliss, guys.

[GodOfTheInternets]

Afrikaans, Enlish and Dutch were official apartheid languages (Dutch wasn't an offical language after 1962? - from the top of my head)

[dremelinskov]

Well, Yes, Dutch WAS an official language. But Afrikaans is a mixture of German-Dutch and other African languages. Thus, no need for dutch anymore.

[GodOfTheInternets]

Actually Afrikaans is simplified Dutch, but influenced by malay, german and english.

[dremelinskov]

Which is what I just said mate. And no, It had little english in it, and I mean LITTLE.

[GodOfTheInternets]

i thought you ment: 40% german, 40% dutch, 20% different.

[GodOfTheInternets]

oh and probably native 'south african' languages as well

[LevonaDiedrich]

Uhhhh, which South Africa are you living in, bro? South Africa on Mars, or what? You claim to know 'cause you live there? Xhosa is an official SA language, bro! From your statement I gather that you're trapped in a pre-Apartheid time warp. Nooooo, I ain't saying you're racist. Just that your statement was typical thinking back in the day... Xhosa is more South African than the other 2 languages you mentioned.

[Theblackbarbie698]

@dremelinskov eerm south africans speak zulu aswell and shona.

[dremelinskov]

@Theblackbarbie698 eerm not in my area. live there first, please.