Injisuthi

the eN versions are the locative - i.e. the 'place of' rather than the thing. So the Injisuthi Valley is not actually a well fed dog. Instead it is a place in the Berg. Hence the locative rather than the nominative.

Injisuthi is the correct spelling I believe.

In isiZulu adjectives combine with nouns to make a new single word. In this case (inja=dog) + (suthile=well fed or replete). But the last letter of the noun becomes modified and changes from 'a' to 'i' in the combination. So Injasuthi (which is how it is spelt in many books) is defintely wrong.

Mlambonja is the hungry dog (lambile=hungry and inja is again dog). In this case the 'i' in inja is modified to an 'o' when the combination happens. When the adjective precedes the noun, the adjective gains special emphasis. So those dogs roaming round Twins Cave must have been really lean.....

Nice axplanation mnt_tsika.

Gueass you are fluent in Zulu? Read Write etc.

My sister is fluent in Sotho & told me about the "letter changing" etc. I only catch some words here & there-haha. Still want to learn Sotho though as I reside in the Free State.

I always feel like the hungry dog when reaching twins in the afternoon

Want to visit Injisuthi too-decisions, decisions

Going up to wonder valley cave this weekend, will be sure to point this out to my fellow hikers

Have to say one of the things I really miss is shooting the breeze with the guys in the Mnweni area, especially on the walk-out which is usually late afternoon when some beer has been flowing in the kraals. But living where I do now (Oxford), the once basic skills in Zulu are waning fast. And Jacques - Sotho has always seemed like a complete mystery to me tho I suppose it can't be too different in structure.


Kliktrak - ask the ladies who run the camp at Injisuthi where the 'Injesuthi' spelling came from. Injasuthi is just bad grammar but Injesuthi? Might have been an ill-informed attempt to put things straight or is there more to it? And ask then what champagne castle is in zulu too. I reckon they might just settle for the castle over the champagne. Do you reckon they'll think the beer or the sparkling wine is the adjective? And don't forget to feed those dogs....

yebo dadewethu. Ngiya zamele xoxa na mathombazane laphe Enjesuthi. Kodwa ngiphuza utshwala kakhulu ngiyadakiwe, amathombazane ayaxosha mina.

kliktrak wrote: yebo dadewethu. Ngiya zamele xoxa na mathombazane laphe Enjesuthi. Kodwa ngiphuza utshwala kakhulu ngiyadakiwe, amathombazane ayaxosha mina.

good stuff Kilktrak - let us know what they say! Zulus normally only admit to 'ngiphuzile' (I have been drinking) rather than 'ngiyadagiwe' (I am drunk) - at least on farms. All too often an unfortunate distinction.

On the road in there also used to be a Clover sign for 'Injasuthi' primary school which used to make me smile - given the grammer. A bit like 'I couldn't understood what you spoke' being the school moto....