Xhosa Audio Proverb-A-Day: Your baboon is old (You are late!)

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Literal English:  Your baboon is old
Proverbial English:  You are late
Xhosa:  Imfene yakho indala

Phrase Breakdown:

Imfene - baboon
yakho - your (for most nouns starting with i-)
indala - is old (with prefix for group 9 nouns)
dala - old
mfondini - chap/fellow/brother

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