like oor Xhosa

like

/laɪk/ adjektief, werkwoord, naamwoord, bywoord, samewerking, tussenwerpsel, pre / adposition

(transitive, archaic) To please.

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TOM was a normal 14-year-old —a top-notch student who liked to do favors for his neighbors.
UTOM wayeyinkwenkwe nje eqhelekileyo eneminyaka eli-14 ubudala—umfundi ophumelela emagqabini owayethanda ukubanceda abamelwane bakhe.

“Happiness or related mental states like hopefulness, optimism and contentment appear to reduce the risk or limit the severity of cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes, hypertension, colds and upper-respiratory infections,” says a report in Time magazine.
Iphephancwadi iTime lithi: Ukonwaba, ukuba nethemba nokwaneliseka, ezo zinto zinokunciphisa amathuba okuba nesifo sentliziyo, isifo semiphunga, isifo seswekile, uxinezeleko lwegazi, umkhuhlane neengxaki zamarhanana.”

King Nebuchadnezzar likely wanted to impress Daniel with the idea that his God, Jehovah, had been subjected by Babylon’s god. —Dan.
Mhlawumbi uKumkani uNebhukadenetsare wayefuna uDaniyeli acinge ukuba uThixo wakhe, uYehova, woyisiwe sisithixo saseBhabhiloni.—Dan.

A tree that can bend with the wind is more likely to survive a storm.
Umthi okwaziyo ukuya kwelo cala umoya uvuthuzela kulo unokungophuki.

For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should have love for one another; not like Cain, who originated with the wicked one and slaughtered his brother.” —1 John 3:10-12.
Ngokuba le yintshumayelo enayivayo kwasekuqalekeni, ukuba sithandane; singabi njengoKayin, obengowongendawo, wambulala umninawa wakhe.”—1 Yohane 3:10-12.

Even in a small country like the Netherlands, with some 15 million inhabitants, coining and printing presses will be running for three years straight to produce 2.8 billion coins and 380 million bank notes by January 1, 2002.
Kwanakwilizwe elincinane njengeNetherlands, elinabemi abazizigidi ezili-15, oomatshini bokushicilela nabokwenza iingqekembe baya kuthabatha iminyaka emithathu yonke ukuze bavelise iingqekembe ezizizigidi zamawaka ezi-2,8 nemali engamaphepha azizigidi zamawaka angama-380 ngoJanuwari 1, 2002.

In like manner the spiritual shepherd must recognize and deal with similar perils that threaten the well-being of the flock.
Ngokufanayo umalusi wokomoya umele aziqonde aze ahlangabezane neengozi ezifanayo ezisongela intlalo-ntle yomhlambi.

“Learning to read was like being freed from chains after many years,” said one 64-year-old.
Omnye oneminyaka engama-64 ubudala wathi: “Ukufunda ukulesa kwakufana nokukhululwa amatyathanga abekubophelele kangangeminyaka.

On the court as well as off, you’re expected to walk, talk, and act just like the rest of the guys.”
Kwibala lemidlalo nangaphandle kwalo, ulindelwe ukuhamba, ukuthetha yaye wenze kanye ngohlobo amanye amakhwenkwe enza ngalo.”

10 Here Jerusalem is addressed as if she were a wife and mother dwelling in tents, just like Sarah.
10 Apha iYerusalem ifaniswa nomfazi ohlala ezintenteni, kanye njengoSara.

Jesus’ refusal to accept the kingship likely disappointed many.
Ukwala kukaYesu ukuba ngukumkani kumele ukuba kwabadanisa abaninzi.

Interestingly, Satan had also told Eve that she would be “like God”!—Genesis 3:5.
Okubangel’ umdla kukuba noSathana wayexelele uEva ukuba wayeza kuba “njengoThixo”!—Genesis 3:5.

We feel like debtors to other people until we have given them the good news that God entrusted to us for that purpose. —Romans 1:14, 15.
Siziva sinetyala kwabanye abantu logama nje singekazivakalisi kubo iindaba ezilungileyo esiziphathiswe nguThixo ukwenzela loo njongo.—Roma 1:14, 15.

Because they are shaped like bent tubes, the flowers are a perfect match for the sunbird’s beak.
Kuba zimile ngokungathi yimibhobho egotyiweyo, ezi ntyatyambo ziwulungele umlomo wengcungcu.

In what situations might we show a spirit like that of the Edomites?
Ziziphi iimeko esisenokubonisa kuzo isimo sengqondo esifanayo nesabemi bakwaEdom?

Then Jesus said that people would be acting just like that before this world ends. —Matthew 24:37-39.
Ngoko uYesu wathi abantu babeya kwenza loo nto kanye ngaphambi kokuba eli hlabathi litshatyalaliswe.—Mateyu 24:37-39.

Do you, like David, throw your burdens and anxieties on Jehovah?
Ngaba njengoDavide, ulahlela kuYehova imithwalo namaxhala akho?

Again, when they murmur about the lack of meat and bread, he provides them quail in the evening and the sweetish manna, like dew on the ground, in the morning.
Kwakhona, xa bekhalazela ukungabikho kwenyama nesonka, ngengokuhlwa ubalungiselela izagwityi, nemana emnandi, enjengombethe, ekuseni.

Stressed out by unrelenting pressures, some parents may feel like righteous Job, who described himself as “saturated with affliction.” —Job 10:15; 14:1.
Bephazamisekile ngokweemvakalelo ngenxa yeengcinezelo ezingapheliyo, abanye abazali banokuvakalelwa njengoYobhi olilungisa, owazichaza ‘njengohluthiyo kukucukucezwa.’—Yobhi 10:15; 14:1.

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Eliqosha likuvumela ukuba wenze inqaku lencwadi kwindawo ethile. Nqakraza kweliqosha ukuvula i menu yenqaku lencwadi apho unokudibanisa, hlela okanye khetha inqaku lencwadi. Lamanqaku eencwadi nagwefayile ethile yencoko yababini, kodwa kungenjalo asebenza njengamanqake eencwadi kwenye indawo kwi KDE. Home Directory

And resist the urge to interrupt her with statements like, “That’s not true” or, “You shouldn’t feel that way.”
Musa ukumbeth’ emlonyeni ngamabinzana anjengala, “Uyaphosisa” okanye, “Akumele ucinge loo nto.”

“My father suggested that I start off with the Bible books that I find more appealing, like Psalms and Proverbs.
“Utata wandicebisa ukuba ndiqale ngokufunda iincwadi zeBhayibhile endicinga ukuba zibangel’ umdla, ezifana neeNdumiso kunye neMizekeliso.

“A POWER had taken ahold of my tongue and the words just flowed like water.
“AMANDLA athile aye alawula ulwimi lwam yaye amagama aye asuka nje ampompoza njengamanzi.

Like Jesus and his early disciples, the students did not speak out of their “own impulse.”
NjengoYesu nabafundi bakhe bokuqala, aba bafundi abakhange bathethe ‘ngokwentshukumisa yabo.’

If a boat is likely to be away during a meal hour the galley staff should be warned in plenty of time so that the meal is not over-cooked.
Ukuba isikhephe sizakungabikho ngeyure yesidlo abasebenzi bekhitshi lasenqanaweni mabalunyukiswe amaxesha amanzi ukuze ukutya kungaphekwa ngokugqithisileyo.