Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Futhi, ukuthi

Two useful little words you'll often hear:

futhi
and (as a conjunction, joining two sentences)
also, too
additionally, furthermore
again, once more
yet

Sifuna ukudlala futhi.
We want to play again. 

Buya futhi - return again. Name of a guesthouse in St Lucia.
Futhi is also a given name.

ukuthi

from -thi
say
think, imagine, believe, consider, guess, suppose

ukuthi can be used as:
that
Ngazi ukuthi bahlala lapa.
I know that they live here.

so that, in order that
or, as
what
Angazi ukhuthi befunani.
I don't know what they want.

Kwezswakala ukuthi useshonile.
We heard that he passed away.

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