learn Xhosa

I have always wanted to learn to speak Xhosa, but never set my mind to it. But now i really need to understand the language, so i am setting out to give it a try!

I learned the three types of clicks tonight… I don’t think this one will pan out in the next month!

talk about old – I’m 40 and finally want to emerge from my kraal to teta with my compatriots

I was the traditional white, ‘dutch-reformed’, afrikaans speaking, blond housewife.
Most of this has changed now. A desire to understand and speak with people that I see everyday brought me to this point where I am trying to learn a new (black) language at 37 !

Do those DVDs actually work? Or, is learning to speak Xhosa in daily life easier. Any suggestions welcome.

good morning my love,did you sleep well

i would like to learn to speak xhosa

I lived for about 19 months in a Xhosa-speaking village in the Transkei, and seem to have developed quite a local accent / ear. I was back in SA recently, & arriving in Grahamstown I felt like I could hardly understand a word—the accent is quite different, & there’s a lot of slang derived from Afrikaans. Then I got back to the Transkei & could speak and understand like I’d never left.

There is still an incredible amount to do with this goal.

I mark it as complete here only because I achieved what I set out to do—hold a very basic conversation with the people I was spending time with Xhosa speakers in Cape Town.

I can make an “X” click.

I am so happy.