Thetha iNingizimu njengepro
Kufana ne-Southern njengokutya i-cornbread, ukucoca itiye elimnandi, kunye nokutshiza i-mosquitos kwipharaki ngexesha lasehlobo: usebenzisa igama elithi "y'all." Ingaba ungumphefumlo oseNtshonalanga yonke, ukufakelwa kweYankee, okanye ukugqithisa, usenokuba uqhelanise nesi siseko esisiseko saseMazantsi, kodwa uyazi ukuba ungayisebenzisa njani ngokufanelekileyo?
'Yall' kunye 'Ya'll': Ngaba Kunenehluko Okwenene?
Impendulo nguyebo. "Ya'll" ufile nje.
Kukho enye indlela echanekileyo yokupela okanye ukusebenzisa "y'all," ngoko nantoni na oyenzayo, ungayisebenzisi "i-ya'll". Usenokuba uve abantu bethetha ukuba "y'all" ayifanelekanga isiNgesi, kodwa impela i-"''ll "engafanelekiyo engayifumana ingxaki.
Indlela evela ngayo kwaye iguquke
Nangona i-"y'all" ngokwenene inqamlezo "nonke nina" kwaye ngoko ichanekile ngokobuchwepheshe, isetyenziswa ngokuqhelekileyo kwindawo yobuninzi "." I-apostrophe emva kwe- "y" imela ilahleko "ooo" elahlekileyo esuka kwiileta O no-U. Oku kuchaza ukuba kutheni i-"''ll "isipelingi iphosakele ngenye indlela.
Ukuthetha ngokuqhelekileyo, "wena" ngumntu wesibini iselmemezi, kodwa "y'all" yimpendulo yesiNgesi yanamhlanje kwisigidimi sesininzi. Kukho ezinye iindlela zokwenza "uninzi" kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi lesiNgesi, njengokuthi nje "nina bantu" (eziqhelekileyo kwiindawo ezininzi zaseMntla United States), "uninzi" (iBritish Great), okanye "youse" (Australia), kodwa nokuba ezimbini kwabathathu kulaba nje zongeza igama "kuwe."
NgesiSpeyin, isibini sesibini-isandi sesigama sesigxina sisinstedes okanye vosotros. KwiJamani engaqhelekanga, ihr . Ngethuba elinye ixesha, izivakalisi zesiNgesi zisenokusebenzisa "wena" ngenxa yobuninzi bobuninzi bomntu, kule mihla sinokusebenzisa imimiselo engentla apha, ngaphandle kokuba sicaphuna iShakespeare.
Ezinye iindlela zokusebenzisa iLizwi
Izithethi zesiNgesi azigcini nje kuphela kwi "y'all" ukuze zithumele intsingiselo yazo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, "zonke i-y'all" (okanye "zonke i-yeall"), ngukuhlukahluka kwesinye isinye ukusetyenziswa kuthetha ukuthatha iqela labantu (ngokuchasene neyesibini okanye ezintathu). Umzekelo:
- Xa uthetha kubantu ababini okanye abathathu: "Ngaba i-yaall iya kuma-movie?"
- Xa uthetha nabantu abaningana: "Ngaba yonke i-yaall iya kuma-movie?"
Izinto ziyinkimbinkimbi xa usebenzisa uhlobo lwezinto eziphathekayo zegama. Umzekelo:
- "Ingaba imoto ye-yaall?"
- "Ngaba lo wuhlobo lombala we-yeall?"
Kodwa ke phawula ukuba kukho impikiswano malunga nokupeliswa kwefomu ebonakalayo ye "y'all." Abanye bayayipela ngokuthi "y'all" kanti abanye bayayipela "inqabileyo." Ngenxa yokuba kungabonakali ukuba yimpendulo esemthethweni, ngumcimbi wokhetho lwakho.
Kodwa Ngaba Uyamkeleka?
Nangona i-"y'all" ingabonwa njengento efanelekileyo yokubhala ngokusemthethweni, akusiyo ixesha elingalunganga okanye elingalunganga, kwaye akubonakali ukuhluleka ukuqonda igrama okanye ulwimi lwesiNgesi. Ngenye indlela ulwimi oluye lwavela emva kwexesha ukusibonelela ngomntu wesibini obuninzi olufunekayo. Ngoko ukuyisebenzisa ngaphandle kokwesaba xa uthetha nabahlobo kodwa ugweme kumaphepha ekolishi okanye uxhulumaniso lobugcisa.
Ukuhlaziywa nguHolly Whitfield uAgasti 2017