dad oor Xhosa

dad

/dæd/ naamwoord

(informal) A father, a male parent.

Dad

/dæd/ eienaam

One's father.

DAD

afkorting

A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium; compare AAD, ADD, DDD.

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True, he drove Grandpa to make his ministerial calls, but despite Grandpa’s encouragement, Dad did not take an active part himself.
Liyinyaniso elokuba, wayeqhubela uTatomkhulu xa esiya kubulungiseleli, kodwa nangona uTatomkhulu wayemkhuthaza, uTata akazange abe nanxaxheba.

All four responded, “More time with Mom and Dad.”
Bobane bathi, “Besiya kufuna ukuchitha ixesha elingakumbi noMama noTata.”

I was very happy that Mom, Dad, and other relatives came to our wedding.
Yandivuyisa gqitha into yokubona umama notata, kwanezinye izalamane zam zikhona emtshatweni wethu.

“Please, Dad,” he said, hopping from one leg to the other.
“Nceda, Tata,” watsho, etsiba ngomlenze omnye aze abuye atsibe ngomnye.

And if I forgot to do something, then my dad tells me about that.
Ibe ukuba ndilibele ukwenza okuthile, uye andikhumbuze ngaloo nto.

I felt terrible, because she was OK when Dad left!”
Ndaba buhlungu gqitha, kuba wayephilile ukuhamba kukaTata!”

Dad and Mom at the time of their marriage
UTata noMama ngexesha lomtshato wabo

A young man we’ll call Tom, whose parents divorced when he was eight years old, recalls: “After Dad left, well, we always had food, but all of a sudden, a can of soda was a luxury.
Umfana esiya kumbiza ngokuba nguTom, abazali bakhe abaqhawula umtshato xa wayeneminyaka esibhozo ubudala, ukhumbula oku: “Emva kokuba uTata emkile, sasisoloko sinako ukutya, kodwa ngequbuliso, sasiphila ngenkonkxa yesiselo esibandayo.

“I wish I could remember telling my dad ‘I love you.’
“Akwaba bendisikhumbula isihlandlo saxa ndandixelela utata ukuba ndiyamthanda.

After a few weeks of Dad’s going alone to the meetings, Mother had had enough.
Emva kweeveki ezimbalwa uTata esiya yedwa ezintlanganisweni, uMama wayesele engakwazi ukuxhathisa.

I remember standing in the funeral home 20 years ago, looking at my dear dad and coming to a true heartfelt appreciation for the ransom.
Ndikhumbula ndimi kumzi wabangcwabi kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo, ndijonge umzimba katata endimthandayo kwaye ngaphakathi entliziyweni ndicinga ngendlela elixabiseke ngayo ilungiselelo lentlawulelo.

And my dad insists that shorts are too short if they’re above the knee!” —Serena.
Yena uTata undimela ngelithi izinto ezimfutshane, zimfutshane gqitha ukuba zima entla kwamadolo!”—USerena.

“When my dad died, I felt as if someone had cut a giant hole in my safety net.
“Ukusweleka kukaTata kwandenza ndaziva ndingakhuselekanga.

Stars were always awarded just before the school bell rang and everyone rushed out to meet their mums, dads, grannies or aunts in the playground.
Iinkwenkwezi zazisoloko zinikezelwa phambi kokuba kukhale intsimbi yokuphuma kwesikolo xa kanye wonke ubani engxamele ukuphuma aye kuhlangana nomama, utata, umakhulu okanye umakazi ebaleni lokudlala.

She was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, as were all of Dad’s relatives in our hometown of Moe, Australia.
WayeliNgqina likaYehova njengazo zonke izizalwana zikaTata ezikwidolophu yakuthi iMoe, eOstreliya.

‘If only I had urged Dad to see a doctor.’
‘Akwaba bendikhuthaze uTata ukuba aye kwagqirha.’

“Someday, I would like to qualify to serve as an elder,” says Brent, “but my dad helped me realize that people won’t come to me with their problems if they think that I might say something sarcastic.”—Titus 1:7.
UBrent uthi: “Ngenye imini, ndingathanda ukuba ngumdala, kodwa utata wandinceda ndaqonda ukuba abantu abayi kuza kum neengxaki zabo kuba becinga ukuba ndisenokubaphoxa.”—Tito 1:7.

“He told me, ‘Don’t worry, Dad.
Wathi, ‘Ungazikhathazi Tata.

In 1958, Dad got baptized.
Ngowe-1958, uTata wabhaptizwa.

The morning of that frightening experience, Dad had delivered copies of a letter to the sheriff, the mayor, and the chief of police in Selma that described our constitutional right to carry on our ministry under the protection of the law.
Ngentsasa yaloo mini yamava awoyikisayo, uTata wasa ileta kumgwebi wesithili, kusibonda wedolophu nakumphathi wamapolisa eSelma eyayichaza ngelungelo lethu elisemthethweni lokuba siqhubeke nobulungiseleli bethu phantsi kokhuseleko lomthetho.

“One thing about Dad,” an elder fondly recalls, “was that he always made sure the family got to the meetings.
Omnye umdala ngoxabiso ukhumbula oku: “UTata, wayesoloko eqinisekisa ukuba intsapho iyaya kwiintlanganiso.

At that time Mom and Dad were newlyweds and living in a tent in Arizona.
Ngelo xesha uMama noTata babesandul’ ukutshata yaye behlala ententeni eArizona.

Why Did Dad Leave Us?
Yintoni Eyabangela Ukuba Utata Asishiye?

“Dad,” he reported to his father, who was the commander of Kaneohe Naval Air Station, “those planes have red circles on them.”
Yaxelela uyise, owayengumphathi kwiSikhululo soMkhosi Wolwandle Nowomoya eKaneohe isithi: “Tata, ezaa nqwelo-moya zinezazinge ezibomvu kuzo.”

Do you think Dad would like it for his birthday?”
Ucinga ukuba uTata angalithanda njengesipho sosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa?”