- 1n/ˈkoʊsə/ · /ˈkəʊsə/Xhosa person科薩人
A person who belongs to the Xhosa people, one of the Bantu peoples of South Africa. Most of them live in the Eastern Cape, in the south of the country.
文法可數名詞:前面可以加 a/an,要表示複數時常常加 -s。
Xhosa 指南非一個民族的成員。這個民族屬於班圖(Bantu)這一大群人。多數人住在南非南部的東開普省(Eastern Cape)。這是專有名詞,開頭一定大寫。當「人」用的時候可以數:a Xhosa、two Xhosas。也常直接說 the Xhosa,指整個族群。
示範例句 · Example
Nomsa is a Xhosa, and her family has lived in the Eastern Cape for generations.
中文翻譯諾莎是一個科薩人,而且她的家族已經在東開普省住了好幾代。
This is the people sense, so it counts: a Xhosa, two Xhosas. The plural Xhosas is the form given in the source, and you will also meet the Xhosa used for the whole group, as in the Xhosa are one of the largest groups in South Africa. The word is a proper noun, so it always keeps its capital letter, wherever it sits in the sentence. Bantu here names a large family of peoples and languages across southern and central Africa, so it places the Xhosa inside a much bigger group.
常見搭配
the Xhosa people
科薩族(整個民族)
the whole group, spoken of together
The exhibition tells the history of the Xhosa people.
a Xhosa family
科薩人的家庭
a family that belongs to this people
She grew up in a Xhosa family near the coast.
- 2n/ˈkoʊsə/ · /ˈkəʊsə/Xhosa language科薩語
The Bantu language spoken by the Xhosa people. It is close to Zulu, and it is known for sounds called clicks.
文法不可數名詞:通常不加 a/an,也不加 -s 來表示複數。
這個用法指那個民族說的語言。它屬於班圖語系,和 Zulu(祖魯語)是近親。語言的用法不可數:不加 a、不加 s,前面通常也不加 the。字典特別提到這個語言有 click 這種聲音,也就是用舌頭彈出來的吸氣音。英語裡這個字多半唸成「KOH-sa」,開頭的 Xh 不是唸英文的 x。
This is the language sense, and like other language names it is uncountable: no a in front of it, no s on the end, and usually no the either. You speak Xhosa, you learn Xhosa, a sign is written in Xhosa. A click is a sound made by pulling the tongue sharply away from the roof or side of the mouth, and the source picks it out as the feature this language is known for. Saying it is related to Zulu tells you the two share a family, in the way Taiwanese and Hakka sit in one larger family; it does not mean speakers automatically understand each other.
常見搭配
speak Xhosa
說科薩語
to be able to use this language
Both of her parents speak Xhosa at home.
in Xhosa
用科薩語(寫或說)
written or said using this language
The song is sung in Xhosa.
learn Xhosa
學科薩語
to study this language
He decided to learn Xhosa after living there for a year.