#setswana

[kemetic-dreams]

The name Goapele (pronounced GWAH-pə-lay) originates from the Setswana language of Southern Africa. It means "to move forward" or "to proceed".

[fineanywaymp3]

their debut album is coming soon!!

[running-with-the-feels]

Okay so, odd question but:

Cyrax is canonically from Botswana, so for a fic I'm working on I wanted to include him speaking Setswana and possibly making some food.

The food bit I can find some info on, though any more would be welcome but reliable translations and grammar guides for Setswana seem to be nonexistent so is there anyone who speaks Setswana that might be able to help me out?

Specifically I'm trying to find how to say "Please be careful" and any terms of endearment for both friends and romantic partners that exist, the more the merrier.

I just don't want to ignore the fact that he's from Botswana, especially since I'm also including these elements for other characters in the same fic (Czech terms of endearment from Tomáš, Mandarin phrases for Kuai Liang and Bi-Han, etc)

And I don't want to just cobble words together and fuck up the grammar so that it makes no sense

I know this is probably a long shot, but any help is greatly appreciated

[nonenglishsongs]

Cassper Nyovest, OkMalumKoolKat - Gusheshe (Tswana - thank you @oratilwemotlapele!)

[nordic-language-love]

If you have any resources for Setswana, could you please share some? They're so scarce!

Hi there! I don't really have many resources, and you're probably aware of the ones I've collected already, but I'll share them anyway:

This is a pretty handy grammar guide

Here's another guide that's aimed a bit more at beginner level

This Youtube channel has some lessons for beginners

Here's another Youtube channel with useful videos

Here's a video with some more lessons for beginners

Some Setswana courses on Memrise

It's also available on uTalk (which is also an app)

You can buy graded readers here

Hope that helps! Good luck learning Setswana!

[indizombie]

South Africa has 11 official languages: Zulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi, Setswana, English, Sesotho, Xitsonga, Siswati, Tshivenda and Ndebele. Many black South Africans are reluctant to use Afrikaans. The elite university, Stellenbosch, came under fire in 2015 for using Afrikaans in lectures, with some students saying they struggled in classes because of it. In 2021, the university announced its recommitment to a multilingual language policy, including Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa.

‘Ryanair Afrikaans test: South African fury over language quiz’, BBC

[thetranslatorsworld]

I am a Freelance Translator. English to Tswana(South African Language). I have more than ten years experience in translations, Proofreading, voice overs, transcribing.

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[douvoordag]

Langblr Word of the Day Challenge - comfort

Setswana:

comfort (verb) - gomotsa

comfort (noun) - kgomotso

In an article:

"Re totobaditse gore tiro ya batlhankedi ba rona ba tshireletsego ke go tshegetsa, go netefaletsa le go gomotsa batho ba borona, le go netefatsa gore go rena khutso le kagiso."

Translation:

We have specified that the task of our security officials is to support, to reassure and to comfort our own people, and to ensure that rest and peace prevail.

Things I had to look up (nearly every second word, oof):

totobatsa: confirm/elucidate/specify

batlhankedi: officials

tshireletsego: security/guarantee

tshegetsa: support

netefaletsa: reassure

netefatsa: assure

borona: ourselves

rena: reign/prevail

khutso: rest

kagiso: peace

Sources: x and x.

Corrections welcome! 🙏