Zulu Newspaper Reader - Dunwoody Press
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decision, etc. The conjunctions ukuba and ukuthi can replace ukuze<br />
in these environments.):<br />
Kufanele ugxile ezintweni okufanele uzenze neziyisibopho sakho<br />
ukuze wazi ukuthi uzobhekana nazo kanjani. ‘You should be<br />
steadfast in things which you have to do and which are your<br />
obligation so that you (should) know how to face them.’<br />
Ngingakweluleka ngokuthi ubonane nodokotela ukuze akwazi<br />
ukuhlola. ‘I can advise you that you should consult your doctor so<br />
that (s)he can (lit. (s)he should) examine you.’<br />
Inhloso yabo kwakungukuthi ngelinye ilanga ngiwu-thokozele<br />
lomkhuba ukuze ngijwayele! ‘Their intention was that one day I<br />
would enjoy this practice so I should start getting used to it!’<br />
2.3.9. uma, ma ‘if, when’ (the English translation will depend on<br />
context)<br />
+ participial (either indicative, or potential: (in clauses expressing<br />
condition or simultaneity)<br />
Othandweni uma ungumuntu ongayedwana … ‘In love, if you are<br />
a person who is not alone …’<br />
Uma ufunda amaphepha, ulalela nomsakazo … ‘When you read<br />
the neswspapers, or listen to the radio …’<br />
uma sivotela I-ANC siyobe sivotela imfundo enhle ‘if we vote for<br />
the ANC, we shall be voting for good education’<br />
uma singayitholanga imali eyanele ‘if we haven’t obtained enough<br />
money’<br />
uma esekhaya ‘when (s)he’s at home’<br />
uma lowomuntu enodlame ‘if that person is violent’<br />
uma kwenzeka ‘if it happens’ [indicative, participial]<br />
uma kungenzeka ‘if it were to happen’ [participial potential]<br />
noma baye kuzo uma izulu lingani kakhulu ‘or they should go to<br />
them when it is not very rainy’<br />
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