grammar oor Xhosa

grammar

/ˈgræmə/, /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

Igramma

set of structural rules that governs the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language

Grammar

voorbeelde

Said Professor Millar Burrows, the editor of the text that was published in 1950: “The text of Isaiah in this manuscript, with significant differences in spelling and grammar and many variant readings of more or less interest and importance, is substantially that presented considerably later in the MT [Masoretic Hebrew Text].”
UNjingalwazi uMillar Burrows, umhleli wombhalo owapapashwa ngowe-1950, wathi: “Umbhalo kaIsaya okulo mbhalo-ngqangi, onokwahluka okuphawulekayo kupelo lwamagama nakwimigaqo-ntetho nokwahluka okuninzi kwindlela ofundeka ngayo kwiindawo ezithile ezingabangeli mdla nezingabalulekanga kangako, ngulowo ubukhulu becala ubhalwe kamva kwiMT [uMbhalo wesiHebhere weMasore].”

When I forget words or use bad grammar, the local Witnesses and Bible students patiently try to understand and help me.
Xa ndiwalibala amagama okanye ndisebenzisa igrama engeyiyo, amaNgqina asekuhlaleni nezifundo zeBhayibhile ngomonde bazama ukuqonda oko ndikuthethayo baze bandincede.

A misspelled word, a misplaced comma, an error in grammar —these can all distort the meaning of a sentence.
Zisenokubhala igama ngendlela engachananga, zibeke ikoma kwindawo engafanelekanga okanye zenze impazamo kwigrama, zinto ezo ezinokuyenza ingavakali intsingiselo yesivakalisi.

Albanians will respond to love from your heart, not perfect grammar.
Abantu baseAlbania baza kutsalwa luthando olusuka entliziyweni kungekhona yigrama yenu egqibeleleyo.

* Many of the differences simply involve spelling and grammar.
* Iimpazamo ezikulo msongo zezokubhalwa kwamagama negrama.

While the resulting translation might be poor as to grammar and style, it is usually readable enough to convey the meaning and the important details.
Nakuba oko ikuguquleleyo kunokusilela kwigrama nesimbo sokubhala, kodwa idla ngokuqondakala into ethethwayo neengcamango ezibalulekileyo.

The calligraphy and the grammar have convinced him —he has before him fragments of the oldest known translation of the Bible in the Georgian language!
Indlela esibhalwe ngayo kunye nolwimi esibhalwe ngalo zimenza aqiniseke ukuba siyinxalenye yeyona nguqulelo yeBhayibhile indala yolwimi lwaseGeorgia!

He produced the first grammar book on Swahili, as well as a dictionary of that language.
Wavelisa incwadi yegrama nesichazi magama sesiSwahili.

As Professor David Premack writes, “the grammar or syntax of human language is certainly unique.”
Unjingalwazi uDavid Premack ubhala athi: “Igrama nendlela yokusebenzisa isigama xa sithetha yenza ulwimi lwabantu lwahluke.”

Additionally, there have been extensive changes in the grammar and syntax of the language.
Kwakhona kuye kwakho utshintsho olukhulu kumgaqo-ntetho nakwindlela ezakhiwa ngayo izivakalisi zolo lwimi.

It included Syriac, Greek, and Latin versions of the Bible, rabbinical commentaries, Chaldean grammar books, and many other books.
Ithala lakhe laliquka iinguqulelo zeBhayibhile zesiSiriya, isiGrike neLatin, amagqabaza oorabhi, iincwadi zamaKhaledi zomgaqo-ntetho nezinye iincwadi.

His movements in that space along with his facial expressions follow the rules of grammar of sign language.
Basebenzisa imithetho yegrama yentetho yezandla xa beshukumisa izandla, iingalo nomzimba kunye nenkangeleko yobuso.

We are learning a new grammar as it were.
Sifunda umgaqo-ntetho omtsha ngokungathi kunjalo.

He asked for a grammar book, but all they could give him was a copy of Matthew’s Gospel in Manchu and a Manchu-French dictionary.
Wacela incwadi yegrama, kodwa wanikwa umbhalo weNcwadi yeVangeli kaMateyu ngesiManchu, kwakunye nesichazi-magama sesiManchu nesiFrentshi.

Since no language exactly mirrors the vocabulary and grammar of Biblical Hebrew and Greek, a word-for-word translation of the Bible would be unclear or might even convey the wrong meaning.
Ekubeni lungekho ulwimi olufana twatse nolunye ngesigama nangegrama kwiBhayibhile yesiHebhere neyesiGrike, ukuguqulelwa kwegama negama bekungazokuqondakala okanye inokude idlulisele ingcamango engachananga.

Those who were sent to Togo found that the grammar of Ewe, the principal native tongue, was quite different from that of European languages, also that the voice pitch in which a word is stated may change the meaning.
Abo babethunyelwe eTogo bafumanisa ukuba umgaqo-ntetho wesiEwe, olona lwimi luthethwa ngabemi bomthonyama abaninzi, wawahluke kakhulu kulowo weelwimi zaseYurophu, nokuba imvakalo-zwi yayinokuyiguqula intsingiselo yegama.

Significantly, in some countries translators of Witness publications are regularly consulted by local language institutes about grammar, orthography, coinage of new terms, and so on.
Kuyabonakala ukuba kwamanye amazwe abaguquleli beempapasho zamaNgqina badla ngokukrwecwa ngamaziko olwimi asekuhlaleni ngokuphathelele umgaqo-ntetho, umgaqo wokubhalwa kwamagama, ukuthiywa kwamabinzana amatsha, njalo njalo.

People will overlook a mispronounced word or a slip in grammar, but they will not warm to someone who wants to talk but not listen.
Abantu banokuyixolela into yokubizwa kwegama elithile phosakeleyo okanye ukwaphulwa komgaqo-ntetho, kodwa banokukruquka ngumntu ofuna kuthethe yena yedwa.

Diligent study of it and of Bible-based publications teach you what might be called the rules of grammar for the pure language.
Ukuyifundisisa ngenkuthalo yona neempapasho zamaKristu ezisekelwe eBhayibhileni kukufundisa oko kunokubizwa ngokuba yimithetho yomgaqo-ntetho yentetho enyulu.

Second, Coptic grammar is relatively close to English grammar in one important aspect.
Okwesibini, igrama yesiCopt iyelelene kwigrama yesiNgesi ngenkalo enye ebalulekileyo.

One who has studied those languages is still dependent on dictionaries and grammar books.
Nomntu ofunde ezo lwimi kufuneka abe nesichazi magama neencwadi zomgaqo wolwimi.

You would still need to rely on dictionaries and grammar books to show you how these languages were used when the books of the Bible were first put into written form.
Bekuza kufuneka ube nesichazi magama neencwadi zomgaqo wolwimi ukuze wazi indlela ezazithethwa ngayo ezo lwimi xa kwakubhalwa iBhayibhile.

Yet, with his deep insight into Biblical Hebrew terms, syntax, and grammar and his constant effort to discern the plain and literal meaning of the text, Rashi provides a meaningful source of comparison for Bible researchers and translators.
Sekunjalo, ngolwazi lwakhe olunzulu lwamabinzana, ukwakhiwa kwezivakalisi nomgaqo-ntetho wesiHebhere seBhayibhile, nomgudu wakhe wenkuthalo wokuqonda intsingiselo ecacileyo nethe ngqo yendinyana, uRashi uluncedo kubaphengululi nakubaguquleli beBhayibhile abafuna ukuthelekisa.

Jim Smith relates: “By writing down new words and expressions, I painstakingly compiled a Tairuma dictionary and notes on grammar, which I used to translate Watchtower study articles.
UJim Smith uthi: “Ndandibhala phantsi amagama namabinzana amatsha, nto leyo eyandenza ndakwazi ukuzenzela isichazi-magama sesiTairuma kunye negrama, endandizisebenzisa xa ndiguqulela amanqaku afundwayo eMboniselo.

As with a spoken language, to speak the “pure language” fluently, we need to listen carefully, imitate fluent speakers, memorize the names of Bible books and some Bible verses, repeat things we learn, read aloud, analyze the grammar, or pattern of truth, work at progressing, assign study times, and practice “speaking” the pure language. —8/15, pages 21-25.
Kanye njengolwimi oluthethwayo, ukuze siluthethe ngokutyibilikayo “ulwimi olusulungekileyo” kufuneka siphulaphule kakuhle, sixelise abo baluthetha ngokutyibilikayo, sifake engqondweni amagama eencwadi zeBhayibhile neendinyana zayo ezithile, siziphindaphinde izinto esizifundayo, sifunde ngokuvakalayo, sihlalutye igrama okanye indlela eyakhiwe ngayo inyaniso, senze inkqubela, sizibekele amaxesha okufundisisa size siqhelisele ‘ukuthetha’ ulwimi olusulungekileyo.—8/15, iphepha 21-25.