The other day, I was walking with a friend from my village, Kapari, and he told me that one thing that could help me in my Sesotho studies would be to learn some lilotho, which are riddles. I asked my students to write some down, and they came up with this list.
My favorite one is number 13: "Litsoene tse peli li hloa thaba empa li sa fihlelle ka'holmo." This translates to: two monkeys are climbing a mountain, but they do not arrive to the top.
The answer is: "litsebe," which means "ears." Ha!
The other one I understand is number 5: "'M'e o sekoti, ntate o khopo, bana bese ba bararo." This means: "The mother is the basin, the father is the lid, and their children are three."
The answer is: "sekoaelo, pitsa, maoto a mararo," which is a kind of three-legged pot that people use to cook over open fires.
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| I even understand two of them! |
The answer is: "litsebe," which means "ears." Ha!
The other one I understand is number 5: "'M'e o sekoti, ntate o khopo, bana bese ba bararo." This means: "The mother is the basin, the father is the lid, and their children are three."
The answer is: "sekoaelo, pitsa, maoto a mararo," which is a kind of three-legged pot that people use to cook over open fires.
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