goodbye oor Xhosa

goodbye

/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ naamwoord, tussenwerpsel

An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

hamba kahle

tussenwerpsel

farewell

hamba kalhe

Goodbye

voorbeelde

“Goodbye, little Sizwe,” said the dairy farmer as he went up the hill with the plank on his shoulder and the heavy basket in his hand.
“Usale kakuhle, Sizwe,” watsho umfama wobisi njengokuba wayenyuka induli ethwele iplanga emagxeni akhe ephethe nengobozi esandleni sakhe.

“Goodbye,” said little Sizwe as he began to dig away quite merrily.
“Uhambe kakuhle,” watsho uSizwe wabe seleqalisa ukomba onwabile.

He said goodbye and again he said, “I promise that one day I will pay you back for being so kind to me.”
Wathi ndlelantle kulo mfazi waze waphinda wathi, “Ndiyathembisa ukuba ngenye imini ndiya kuze ndiyifumane indlela endinokukuhlawula ngayo ngokundenzela ububele obungaka.”

“During the last two years of the second world war,” explained the television documentary Goodbye War, “over one million people were being killed each month.”
Kumboniso kamabonwakude obonisa izinto ezenzeka ngokoqobo owawunomxholo othi Goodbye War, kwathiwa: “Ebudeni beminyaka emibini yokugqibela yemfazwe yehlabathi yesibini, abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi babebulawa nyanga nganye.”

“We’ll be back at lunchtime,” said Hope as she and Afrika waved goodbye to everyone.
“Siza kubuya ngexesha lesidlo sasemini,” kwatsho uHope lo gama yena no-Afrika bewangawangisa, besithi bonke ze basale kakuhle.

In fact, one reference work poignantly describes adolescence as “one long goodbye.”
Enye imbekiselo ide ithi ukufikisa lixesha lokulungiselela ukuthi “ndlelantle kubazali.”

The animals told Monkey that they had decided to say goodbye to Lion by having a party.
Izilwanyana zaxelela uNkawu ukuba zigqibe ukuba zibenetheko lokuthi ndlela-ntle kuNgonyama.

Then the boy lifted his arm and waved goodbye to Crocodile.
Inkwenkwe yaphakamisa ingalo yayiwangawangisa ibulisa apho kuNgwenya.

Under the title “Atlantic Alliance Says a Final Goodbye to Cold-War Era,” The German Tribune quotes the Stuttgart paper as saying: “After 41 years of confrontation [with the Soviet bloc nations] the 16 Nato leaders paved the way for a new strategy and bade the cold war era a last farewell. . . .
Phantsi komxholo othi “UManyano Loxolo LweAtlantiki Luthi Ndlela-ntle okokugqibela kwiXesha Lemfazwe Yomlomo,” iThe German Tribune icaphula iphephandaba laseStuttgart njengelithi: “Emva kwengxwabangxwaba ethabathe iminyaka engama-41 [nezizwe zaseRashiya] iinkokeli ezili-16 zeNato ziye zahlahl’ indlela yenkqubo entsha zaza zaliphelisa ngokupheleleyo ixesha lemfazwe yomlomo. . . .

One reference work aptly refers to adolescence as “one long goodbye.”
Enye incwadi ilichaza kakuhle ixesha lokufikisa kuba ithi, lelokuthi “ndlela-ntle.”

[2]So the woman kissed her family goodbye and left.
Wagqiba kwelokuba[2]abuze isidalwa ngasinye adibana naso ukuba sinalo kusini na ibali esinokumncazela lona.

The authors of Leavetaking —When and How to Say Goodbye advise: “Don’t let others dictate how you should act or feel.
Ababhali bencwadi ethi Leavetaking—When and How to Say Goodbye bacebisa oku: “Musa ukuvumela abanye bakuxelele indlela omawenze okanye indlela omawuvakalelwe ngayo.

FOR those confronted with the sudden loss of their loved ones in alcohol-related accidents, there is “no time . . . for saying ‘Goodbye,’ . . . or ‘I love you,’” states Janice Lord, author of Survivor Grief Following a Drunk-Driving Crash.
KWABO bajamelene nokulahlekelwa ngephanyazo ngabathandekayo babo kwiingozi ezinxulumene nokuselwa kotywala, akukho “xesha . . . lakuthi ‘Ndlela-ntle,’ . . . okanye ‘Ndiyakuthanda,’” utsho njalo uJanice Lord, umbhali wencwadi ethi Survivor Grief Following a Drunk-Driving Crash.

Goodbye, Lethabo!”
Usale kakuhle Lethabo!”

Nkululeko waved goodbye and started the slow walk home.
UNkululeko wawangawangisa esithi asale kakuhle waza waqalisa ukuhamba ecothoza ukugoduka.

For instance, one young boy wrote his father this nasty letter: “If you won’t take me to Alexandria I won’t write you a letter, or speak to you, or say goodbye to you, and if you go to Alexandria I won’t hold your hand or ever greet you again.
Ngokomzekelo, enye inkwenkwana yabhalela uyise le leta igezayo: “Ukuba akundisi eAlexandria soze ndikubhalele, okanye ndikuthethise, okanye ndithi ndlela-ntle kuwe, yaye ukuba uyandishiya uye eAlexandria soze ndisibambe isandla sakho okanye ndikubulise kwakhona.

He waved goodbye as he left.
Wawangawangisa isandla evalelisa njengoko wayehamba.

When he reached Lion’s head, he leant over and chattered, “Goodbye you silly old cat.
Xa efika kwintloko yeNgonyama, wathoba waze washwantshwatha esithi, “Hamba kakuhle siyathandini sekati endala.

announced Gogo, as she waved them goodbye.
wabhengeza njalo uMakhulu, njengokuba wayewangawangisa esithi ndlela ntle.