Tweet Bemba Sayings 1. “Kanyelele mufukila kubili” Kwaliba nabantu abo beta ati ba “Kanyelele mufukila kubili”, aba bantu ngawabalekela ifipe fyobe kuti bapokela umwana mukulela pantu bakaso sana. _______________ Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
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Tweet Insaka Ya Mapinda Ne Nsoselo (Insaka for Proverbs and Sayings) ‘Insaka‘ is a Bemba word for a shelter in the village where men and young boys learn different skills from each other. This is a place where they share advice and help each other in their day-to-day lives. They learn how to hunt,...
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Tweet Personal Pronouns In Bemba, the personal pronoun changes depending on: Whether it is used as the subject or the object of a sentence The tense The negative The personal pronoun can be used as the subject or as an object of a sentence. This will determine how it is said. When used as...
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Tweet Every Christian learns the Lord's Prayer. There is currently no common record of the Lord's Prayer in Zambian languages on the internet. Help us update this page by sending in your corrections and the Prayer in different Zambian languages. Write in the box below. Progress report to date: 2/73 languages done. BEMBA Our...
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Tweet The other day, I was at home with my friends, watching a DVD recording of the match between Power Dynamos and Nkana football club which was played at the new Levy Mwanawasa Sports Stadium in Ndola. Power Dynamos routed Nkana by 5 goals to nil in that match. At the end of...
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Tweet The dictionary has now been published on Smashwords.com. You can download a free sample to read offline on your PC, phone, tablet or ereader. Please leave your comments about the dictionary below or on Smashwords.com English-Bemba Dictionary by John Sendama Dr. $2.99 from Smashwords.com Bemba is one of Zambia's 72 languages. It is...
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Tweet Some of the terms you are likely to come across at the clinic or hospital: Good morning = Mwashibukeni Good evening = Cungulopo mukwai How are you? = Mulishani? What brings you to the clinic today? = Cinshi camuleta kuno cipatala ilelo? Photo by Giuseppe Bollanti Do...
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Tweet The Symbolic Banquets of the Bembas Zambia is a country of diverse cultures that have successfully existed side by side in harmony. Credit must go to all the political leaders who have continued the “One Zambia, One Nation” policy initiated by Dr Kenneth Kaunda (the first Zambian President) after independence. In the 1930s,...
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Tweet Can you say to your mobile phone in Bemba, "Ita ba yama" (Call uncle) and your phone responds, "Ê mukwai, ndeita ba yama" (Yes sir/mam. Calling uncle)? Is it possible to command your computer in Bemba? The answer is "Yes" according to Anthony Musaluke. He has been quietly working at translating Linux into Bemba for...
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Tweet Book Title: A Grammar of the Bemba Language as Spoken in North East Rhodesia Author: Rev. Father Schoeffer Edited by J.H. West Sheane, B.A. (Native Commissioner, B.S.A. Company, N.E.R.) Arranged with preface by A.C. Madan Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1907 ISBN: 9781146012799 A Grammar of the Bemba Language as Spoken in Northern Rhodesia...
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