Zulu Newspaper Reader - Dunwoody Press

nokuyisikhundla esasidinga ukuba aphathe abasebenzi abangu-
150 ‘and which is a position which required him to manage 150
workers’
Lesihluku engangisithola ekhaya sangiphiqa ukuba ngiyohlal'
emigwaqweni ‘this cruelty which I experienced at home forced me
to go and live on the streets’
lokho akuzange kubakhubaze abahlengikazi ukuba benze
umsebenzi wabo ‘this never prevented the nurses from doing their
work’
ubiyelwe ngothango olusiza ngokunqanda izinkomo ukuba
zingangeni kuwo ‘it has been enclosed by a fence to prevent the
cattle from entering it (lit. to check the cattle that they should not
enter into it)’
Yinkantolo kuphela enegunya lokukuphoqa ukuba ukhokhele
isikweleti sakho. ‘It is only a court which has the power to compel
you to repay your debt.’
(c) + subjunc: ‘for, to’
(in clauses of desirability (often introduced by kuhle ‘it would be
good’ or some other construction involving the adjective -hle
‘good’), preference (often following a construction involving -
ngcono ‘better’), or importance (involving the verb -balulek-
‘become important’):
Lesi yisikhathi esihle sokuba uzihlelisise izinto zakho ‘This is a
good time for you to arrange your affairs’
kuhle zazi ukuthi … ‘it would be good for them to know that …’
Ngibona kungcono ukuba siqikelele … ‘I think it would be better
to look out for …’
nokuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuba baye emtholampilo
wokuhlelwa kwemindeni ‘and how important it is for them to go to
a family planning clinic’
kubalulekile ukuthi uma umuntu ohlala noma obevaka-shele
endaweni eyingozi kakhulu ephethwe wumkhuhlane abonane
nodokotela ngokushesha futhi amchazele ngendawo abekuyo ‘it
is important that when a person who lives in or has visited a high
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