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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Basic greeting

As I mentioned in an earlier posting the language that I am
learning is called Thimbukushu. Raymond the teacher (in picture)
is the grandson of the head chief of all the Thimbukushu people
in Namibia.

Following is the basic greetings in Thimbukushu ...

Ngepi (how are you)?
Thiwana (good/fine)
Awo (and you)?
Thiwana (good/fine).

If the person is leaving, then the person leaving would say ...

Kare po thiwana (stay well).

The reply of the person staying to the person leaving is ...

Yende po thiwana (may you go well).

And that is the basic greeting of the Thimbukushu people of
northeastern Namibia.

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