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not asked for his personal name but for the sibongo so that
he or she can be appropriately addressed. In circumstances
where a person's sibongo is not known, Nkhosi (ruler/lord)
is used. Nkhosi is part of the title attached to the ruling
Dlamini clan i.e. Nkhosi! Dlamini! Every person by virtue of
being the king's subject is entitled to be addressed by this
term of respect.
(Ginindza, 1992:7).
Kunelitsemba kutsi loku lokungenhla kutawuphendvula imibuto leminyenti bantfu
labatibuta yona kutsi kungani wonkhe umuntfu longamati umbite ngesibongo
sakaNkhosi. Kantsi futsi nako nje kungani sibongo sibalulekile nakuvuselwana.
Phela kuyinhlamba kutsi ungatsi uhlangana nemuntfu umbute Iigama lakhe njengobe
kwenta bondlebe zikhanyilanga, tsine sibutana sibongo kute sikwati kubongana
kahle. Usuke ngesintfu ungakabongi nangabe umuntfu akuphe noma akwentele
lokutsite nawugcina ngekutsi nje ngiyabonga ungamhashi kancane. Kamera, (1999)
uyicoca kahle lendzaba nangemavi akhe atsi:
Tinanatelo stamp the common speech acts of expresssing
gratitude upon accepting or even refusing an offer or gift with
poetic beauty. Plain or prosaic thank you in this context
would only label one as disrespectful, lacking in cultural
refinement and ungrateful. The family praises of the person
offering the gift or the service are recited by the admiring
beneficiary in a solemnly slow and drawn out manner to
indicate respect.
(Kamera, 1999:12).
Vele ngesintfu usuke ulidlabha nawugcina ngekutsi ngiyabonga kuphela kulokusitile.
Phela be/umb; bodvwa labagcina ngekusho njalo. Tsine sati kutsi nawubonga
usebentisa lesibongo salowo muntfu lombongako kuveta bugabazi bekwati leso
sibongo. Ingani sibongo nesibongo sinetinanatelo taso. Loko kwenta lowo muntfu
eve kutsi cosololo enhlitiyweni kwangatsi udle emaselwa noma emakhabe. Yini
lengavimba Iowa muntfu kutsi akusite ngalokutako nangabe umhashe kahle? Loku
yindlela lebeyisetjentiswa bokhokho betfu futsi lebekwakha sive sibe sive sibili.
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