Lenna ga ke tsebe gape ga ke kewšiši, ka gore ge ke bolela polelo ya gešo, Sepedi batho ba nagana gore ke setlatla, However if I'd switch to English, they say: "He thinks he's all dat." Same goes if I would mention that I am from and was born Polokwane, they think I am retro, not civilised and don't know a thing about whats going on in "Jozi". Damn! do I have to mention that I live Centurion every time to gain recognition??????
Ke kopa go nna bodipa(stubborn and rude) Waitse=o a itse Thatha=thata No disrespect. Ke puo ya gaetsho, Intshwarele. But we come to the cities and we "forget" our languages or adopt tsa batho ba bangwe. "each one, teach one"
uuuuuuuhhh, K!!! "bodipa," first time I hear that word.
I've move around a bit and I always relish it when a person would be like "o tswa kae boss??" - Pretoria body, and I'd be like ke tswa Polokwane, and they start on their own tip about how hot and backward Polokwane is and all of that. My take is this, that type of ignorance puts the person eons back as much as they think they are well ahead. Its basically taking pride in not knowing shit, what ig'nant shit is that (easy with the shits there partner!). You get classified le dibari but thats ok cause they wont see you coming; you're not even expected. before they know it, go nkga go sa bola for them, I like that!
I find Sepedi funny, and laugh at my cousins and friends when they do speak it.....don't get me wrong though, studied it for a year or two, but I crack up everytime I hear someone talk. Take Abe, for instance....yeah, he is your young hip, intelligent black man.....we speak in english, then with his homeboys....he goes to vernec.... and I can't help but laugh, maybe because I potray him differently. I guess, the more you communicate in your home language with your peers and friends, the easier it would be to accept the language and take it seriously....love Setswana though, and the way the ppl from Mafikeng go on at it.
Matome....never heard you speaking sepedi bafana....
i'd like to say that I'm not from Maftown- born and bred in PTA, Mabopane to be precise.But ke motswana. Thing with ppl who label others as backwards or dibari is they know no better. So to those who are fluent in their mother tongue, enlighten them. We need to take pride in who we are and be as passionate about our languages as we are about speaking English and beeing seen as "educated" coz we speak it with a "twang"(the irony is not lost on me), funny thing about us as batho(black ppl) is we laugh at each other over languages we speak, but white ppl do not-they take interest.Go figure!!
*by the way BaPedi were once part ya Batswana-Bahurutshe(a tribe originating from Botswana). phew (blushing) lecture over:-)
May 2007
Lenna ga ke tsebe gape ga ke kewšiši, ka gore ge ke bolela polelo ya gešo, Sepedi batho ba nagana gore ke setlatla, However if I'd switch to English, they say: "He thinks he's all dat." Same goes if I would mention that I am from and was born Polokwane, they think I am retro, not civilised and don't know a thing about whats going on in "Jozi". Damn! do I have to mention that I live Centurion every time to gain recognition??????
May 2007
Shallow people!
May 2007
Finally.... a Limpopo{ian}.
Ja, Abe - people tend to have that mentality, speak Sepedi - then "O bari".
It's my 5th year in Pretoria but I still speak 100% hardcore Sepedi - I have homeboys who went from:
Gosasa - to - Kausane
Mmamothla - to - Ka jeko
Kudu kudu - to - Thatha
Watseba - to - Waitsi
Just to fit in !!!
Personally, "ga ke di tsene" what the next person says of me speaking and being pedi:
Their existence and comment {about me} - doesn't pay my rent, affect my well-being or my bank account.
Sho !!!
May 2007
Ke kopa go nna bodipa(stubborn and rude)
Waitse=o a itse
Thatha=thata
No disrespect. Ke puo ya gaetsho,
Intshwarele. But we come to the cities and we "forget" our languages or adopt tsa batho ba bangwe.
"each one, teach one"
May 2007
uuuuuuuhhh, K!!! "bodipa," first time I hear that word.
I've move around a bit and I always relish it when a person would be like "o tswa kae boss??" - Pretoria body, and I'd be like ke tswa Polokwane, and they start on their own tip about how hot and backward Polokwane is and all of that. My take is this, that type of ignorance puts the person eons back as much as they think they are well ahead. Its basically taking pride in not knowing shit, what ig'nant shit is that (easy with the shits there partner!). You get classified le dibari but thats ok cause they wont see you coming; you're not even expected. before they know it, go nkga go sa bola for them, I like that!
May 2007
Lebogang, does your "Lesela" belong to the Pope?
May 2007
K,
Intshwarele ka "spelling"..... good thing though is that I learned something ka language ya gago {from my spelling mistake}.
"each one, teach one"
May 2007
I find Sepedi funny, and laugh at my cousins and friends when they do speak it.....don't get me wrong though, studied it for a year or two, but I crack up everytime I hear someone talk. Take Abe, for instance....yeah, he is your young hip, intelligent black man.....we speak in english, then with his homeboys....he goes to vernec.... and I can't help but laugh, maybe because I potray him differently. I guess, the more you communicate in your home language with your peers and friends, the easier it would be to accept the language and take it seriously....love Setswana though, and the way the ppl from Mafikeng go on at it.
Matome....never heard you speaking sepedi bafana....
May 2007
i'd like to say that I'm not from Maftown- born and bred in PTA, Mabopane to be precise.But ke motswana.
Thing with ppl who label others as backwards or dibari is they know no better. So to those who are fluent in their mother tongue, enlighten them. We need to take pride in who we are and be as passionate about our languages as we are about speaking English and beeing seen as "educated" coz we speak it with a "twang"(the irony is not lost on me), funny thing about us as batho(black ppl) is we laugh at each other over languages we speak, but white ppl do not-they take interest.Go figure!!
*by the way BaPedi were once part ya Batswana-Bahurutshe(a tribe originating from Botswana). phew (blushing) lecture over:-)