True story 1 – The psychiatric ward
The nurse was doing her usual rounds in the psychiatric ward of the then Bophelong hospital in Mafikeng. This included giving medication to the psychiatric patients in the ward. She went on giving the patients medication until she arrived at this other patient who was busy biting and licking his lips and tongue. The patient refused to take medication and continued the licking and the biting. The nurse asked “Jaanong o dirang wena?” to which the patient replied “Ke ja nnyo staff, ke ja nnyo!”
True story 2 – BoMme ba ko Motseng
Mme yo le motho wa gagwe(ka gongwe e ne e le monna wa gagwe) ba ne ba dula mo mengweng ya metsana ya ko Mafikeng. E ne e le balekane ba dingwaga di ka balwa mme ba ne ba ithatela ntshe. E ne e tle e re mo maitsiboaneng ba be ba itlhadia ka metsi a masetlhana go fitlhela bosigo tota.
Ka gale fa ba fetsa go tagwa go tla be go tsoga kgotlhang magareng ga bona. Ka gale Rre o tla be a solofetsa mosadi gore o tla mo tswalela ko ntle. Ka Letsatsi le, ga diragala gore rre a tswalele Mme ko ntle. Mme o ne a simolola a bua dipuo tsa baswi le batshidi. A simolola a tlhapatsa rre yo. E rile fa a tla go feleletsa are “selo se se potswana se”.
I feel ashamed 'cause I did Setswana at high school and I was struggling to read both stories.
ReplyDeleteMoremogolo, gatwe wa bo o utlwalegang jang gompieno. Motsing ke kopanang le wena ke tsile go go gotlha leleme ka molora! Dipuo tsa gago di ka tseisa tiabolose sedidi.
ReplyDelete@Aquilogy, you will be suprised at your knowledge of the language if you dig deep into your reserves. All that education is implanted somewhere in your brain. This is a beautiful language man!
ReplyDelete@MoAfrika everytime I think about these two stories I laugh. I hope you had a good laugh...