Xhosa Theme 6: Transportation and Finding your way Transportation Where is the nearest train station?

What line goes to Cape Town station? Where is the nearest bus stop? What is the fare to Soweto? I want to get off at Soccer City. Where is the train station? Where is the non-smoking section? Where are the sleeping coaches? Where are the first-class coaches? Where are the platforms? I would like a ticket to Durban. I'd like to hire a car. How much does it cost per week/day? What do you charge per kilometre? Finding your way Where is the nearest Internet Caf? Where is Table Mountain? Please tell me where the Apartheid Museum is located? Do you have a map to the city? Could you show me on my map, please? Can I get there on foot? How far is it? I think I'm lost. Where can I find this address? It's straight ahead. Turn left. Turn right. It's down there. It's behind the building. It's in front of the stop street. It's next to the station. It's near the hotel. It's after the filling station.
COMMENTS: Place names In South Africa, two kinds of place names may be distinguished: traditional African place names and English or Afrikaans place names. Most of the bigger towns and cities have English or Afrikaans names; however, these places are also given names by the Xhosa people. For example, Johannesburg is known as iRhawuti in Xhosa; Cape Town as eKapa; Port Elizabeth as eBhayi; Pietermaritzburg as eMgungundlovu; Durban as eThekwini and so on. As you would have noticed, in Xhosa we mostly use the prefix e- in front of a place name to indicate location, e.g. ikhaya (home) > ekhaya (at home), ibhanki (bank) > ebhanki (at the bank), eGemistoni (at / to Germiston), eCeasars Palace (at / to Ceasars Palace, eKempton Park (at / to Kempton Park). However, kwa-

Siphi isitishi setreyini esikufuphi? Yiyiphi ilayini eya esitishini saseKapa? Iphi indawo yokumisa ibhasi ekufuphi kakhulu? Yimali ni ukuya eSoweto? Ndicela ukuhla eSoccer City. Siphi isitishi setreyini? Iphi indawo apho kungatshaywayo khona? Aphi amakhareji aneebhedi zokulala? Aphi amakhareji e-first class? Ziphi iiplatifomu? Ndicela itikiti lokuya eThekwini. Ndicela ukuqesha imoto. Kubiza mali ni ngeveki /ngemini? Ubiza mali ni ngekilomitha? Iphi i-Internet Caf ekufuphi? Iphi iTable Mountain? Khawundixelele ukuba i-Apartheid Museum iphi? Unemephu yedolophu? Ndicela undibonise apha emephini. Ndingakwazi ukufika khona ngeenyawo Kulibanga elingakanani? Ndicinga ukuba ndilahlekile. Ndingayifumana phi le adilesi? / adresi? Hamba uye phambili! Jika ekhohlo. Jika ekunene. Iphaya ezantsi. Isemva kwesakhiwo. Iphambi kwesitophu. Isecaleni kwesithishi. Ikufuphi nehotela. Isemva kwegalaji.

can also be used as prefix, e.g. Ndiya kwaZulu Natal (Im going to kwaZulu Natal). Sometimes a prefix and suffix can be used to indicate location, e.g. Siya eposini namhlanje (We go to the post office today), Ndiya emdlalweni (Im going to the game). Please feel free to exchange any of the place names in the table above for place names of your choice.

Xhosa Video 6: Transportation and Finding your way A: Tourist B: Xhosa speaker A: Awu, ndilahlekile! B: Uyaphi? A: Ndifuna ukuya eSoweto. B: Qhubeka phambili, ibhasi ikhona phaya. Theme 6: Transportation and Finding Your Way

Oh no, I am lost! Where are you going? I want to go to Soweto. Go straight ahead, the bus is there. How far is it? I want to hire a car.

A: Kukude kangakanani? Ndifuna ukuqesha imoto. B: Kuzikhilomitha ezi-15. Kukufuphi. A: Ndiyabulela, tata. B: Heke!

It is 15 kilometres. It is near. Thank you, sir. Sharp!