||Gam da ra!

!Nupu tsî ǃgupuse ta ge nē ǃhoa!âros ǃnâ sadu ǀkha sâb xa ra ǁgam, ra ǂkhâ!nâ du i du sorosa sâsâ mâ-am. ǁKhoreba. Gaxu go i gurib ge, ǂguigo i tsēdi ge, xawets ge nēbas kose go ǀkhī xuige sâsâ ta ǀurure. ǁNati da ge netsē sâb !nâ ra tsaurase ǁgam.

Mî ǂgao tama ta ga i xawe ta ge netsēs tsîna ǀō-aisa ǃhoa!âro-e ra ǀgoragu ū du! ǀNai da ge ǃkharuge ǃhoa!âro-i ǃnâ dīhâ-i khami da ge netsēs tsîna amro-e ra !gâ tsî xawe nē ǃnāsa ra ǃoe!ā. Tarebe am-e? Tari-i am-e? |Nammi am-e? Taena da ra kō tsî dîgu? Taren ai da ǂâisa ra ǂnûi?ǂGâxa re, hā re i da sada gowab ǃnâ-us tsîna neti ǁkhoaxa xūna dī!

Originally uploaded on Katutura and Beyond podcast which has been merged with my main one now. The Katutura and Beyond podcast will now be a series under this podcast with episodes in English to allow me to have all content in one place- and a wider reach :) Original description: I’ve read that you like lists. Numbers do something to you. Top 5? Is that interesting? Top 3? Even more exciting? Well...

ǀNî ǁaega da ge ǂgui kurin khao!gâ ǂkhamsis di ǁkhawode ra ama kai, nau ǁaega da ge kurina da ǃgoaxa-u ǁnaetiga axu hō tama hâ. Nesits ga kaise ǁuis tamas ka i o ǂguisa xoas- nē xun ge hanakam ǃaroma i amsi ra ī.. xawe ta ge nētsē ǁîna ǃhoa tama hâ. ǃHoa!âros ge nētsē ǀûn îxasib tsî ǀasa khoesis ǂnamipe hâ. Mati da sada ǀûn !nâ-u !khubaiba ra hō!â ǀgaus tsî ǁkhā ǁkhāsendi ǁnās ǂnamipe. Xuige !am ǂ...

Nē !khoa!ârosam ge ǂoagoro guri ge !khōǁnâ. Gurib ge tsaurase ge tsoatsoa tsî ta ge ǁae-e go ūhâ tama hâ i, xawe ta ge ǁnâi go ǁaero-e dībadu. ǀŌ-aisa khoe-e ta ge ǁkhau hâ, tsîm ge kaise ra âi tsî ra ǁgam. ǂGom ta ge ra !gâibahe du nî ǃkhaisa. Tsî du ni Khoekhoegowab mîrodi tsîna ǁkhāǁkhāsen !khaisa.

Nē ǃkhoa!âros ǃnâ da ge Damara Punch i ǀkha ra kō-oa tsî ǀoro ǁkhoaxa ǃnoborote ra ǀhuru. Tita ge xawe ǀnam-e hō hâ tsî da ge ǁkhawa ǀnammi xa ra ǃhoa, tsî ǂgoms tsîn xa. Noorweeb !nâ ǁans xas tsîna ta ge ra ǃhoa ro tsî mati ta gowab ǀkha ai!gû hâ ǀgaus xa. ǁkhoreǁkharesa se du tsâsen re!

Gaxu ǁae-e go bē-e hâ i xawets go oa|khī. Taena go ro ī nē go ǂoa ǁkhâgu !nâ? Mapa da hâ sida ûigu ǃnâ? Xoas ge ǃereamsa ūhâ xuige xoa re, tsî |namma sa ûib !nâ mâ-amsen re, mapa |guib ga hâ xawe. Kai da ge ra ǀguiba tsî kaisis ǀkha da ge ǂgui xuna ra !kharu!nâ, |khida mâǁae tsî ais ǁga ko re!

Gaxu, gaxu llaero-e ta ge !nō xū du hâ xawe ta ge llkhawa go nabaxa, luru du tamase! ǂGaob ge ǂkhîhâ tsî !hoab ge llkhore ta hâ ba:) ǂNūkhoesisa mati tsâ lAellgams !auga? !Amǂgāsen i ti !nāb !nâ ta ge re hō!â xûna hō!â hui te! Tsî ta luru, stressna hoeks !nâ mâi i lnomros lguisa dī, tsēs lams ain ge hoana nî !gâi! NB: I’m offering shoutouts towards the end of each episode (business, greetings to f...

Torob ge enige !khai-i ai tsū, o tare-en |nî khoena nē ra ī torob |guib hâ khami ra !hoaba? Tari-e ra mîllgui tare-i ǂkhâ ǂkhâsa !khaisa? Tsau tama du hâ? ! du a? |Khida !hao re, koronas |kha. Ha da !hao re, llaib, lnammi tsî ǂkhîb tsîn !nâ!

Surib xa ta ge ra ||gam tsâ xawe ta ge |loasase ||gâi#ûisen ho tama hâ. |Khûn |kha partaigi sa mati tsâ? Ae, nē khoes danas ge amabes !nâ tsau hâ!

Gangansa ta ge ti mamasa ra mâ tsî |gui ||aebi !khūb #khawase tarekhoede ra koa!

|Khai a khoen mîde ta tare-i kose #gom hâ eto? Abob !nâ #goms |kha matis? !Am #gāsen du re tsēs !hoa!âros !nâ Queen Rachel !Urikhos |kha. |Onsa mîs tsîna ta ge xawe go |uru! Ams: Tswazis- Toa i ge ko!

#Guro khoe-e ta ge !hoa !khaibi ||khauhâ xawe nam ge !gâsagun ta dī khami !khōhōgu tsî ra !khōsagu. |Ams aim ge mars |nî !hoa!âsa ra #âi#âisen…

|Ae||gams !khaib ge Noorweeb !khaiba !khai dan hâ ti ta ge ra ||gam. Tare-i !aroma? Taena ta ūhâ nē #noagusa nî huinâ? Tsî xare ama-e? ||Khatimis ai ta ge ‘stereotyp’ na ||nāxu ti ra mî, |asa ||aeb xuige da #khaire! Kai gangans. Tsēs amros ge MAMIROS by TBOSS & STAIKA.

Nētsē ta ge !noesase sado kai gangansa ra mâ#gao #khâ!nâ te du ra !khais !aroma tsî !gâ du ra !khais !aroma. !Goaxa ||aeb !nâ ta ge ra #gom !hoa-ū gu da nî !khaisa tsî da huigu tsî sada gowab, sada khoesis tsî sada #namipega nî omkhâi !khaisa!

Sada ge kaise hoa||ae !amkuse |gui ra dī #gao... xawe sada khoesis xa matis?

#Gui !nāga da ge ta |uru, khoesis |khara|kharasen nâ !khō#gâ hâ !khaisa. Khoeda ase da ge xūn !nâ ra !kharu tsî ||nā da ra !kharu !nâ xūn ge sada ra kuru, sada #âi|gauga ra kuru tsî xūna da ra !hūbaib !nâ hō!â |gaus tsîna. Nē !hoa!âros |gapi #âibasens ge ||nā khoesi #âi|gaugu tsî ai||gaudi tsîn #namipe ra !gû.

Gowab !nâ da ge ‘tari ta tita’ dîsa ra !eream tsâ xawes ge dîsa tita tsîna xawe go #nau#ûi-#ai!nâ ! We try to answer the question ‘who am I’ in Khoekhoegowab, only to realise that apart from the question being a challenge, the language is also stubborn. In summary, are you still the same person you were two days ago? What changed? What didnt? Who are you when you are not all the things around you?

I’ve finally decided to put perfectionism aside and start with this podcast, all my flaws and blunders on the table so I discuss around that. The podcast is in Khoekhoegowab to represent the Damara/Nama people who have little media coverage and so I’m working towards putting the language out there so that young Damara/Nama people can have access to material in their own language as well, something...

Something new and exciting, something plain and something. Maybe a little exotic, maybe a little boring. Join me as I explore life in the north in contrast to the south. Keep up with the languages, from Khoekhoegowab to Norwegian, English and Afrikaans to spice things up. Walk away with a new word each day, maybe you might just learn a new language. Stay tuned with Queen R. Urikhos!