The Three Xhosa Clicks taught easy!

[@Scriptophobic]

"Exhale those vowel sounds" is the most helpful advice I've heard for the clicks. I always felt like I was holding my breath before. 😂

[@LearnXhosa]

nantso ke!

[@propaganja7264]

😂😂💯 forreal yo that made it a lot easier!

[@billionhappy]

ahh same

[@Lena-cz6re]

It's so tricky I think because you have to suck in the tongue backwards while doing the click while at the same time exhaling the air to pronounce it

[@grzybobranie7765]

I'm learning them clicks at 3am like im flying to RSA tomorrow lmao.

[@РазомСила-м2я]

We don’t fly to RSA for another 5months but we’re in the car now practicing these sounds over and over 😆😆😆😆

[@domonicsdaniel4497]

You have just managed to explain sounds which are almost the hardest for any non-African speaker in such a simple way! And with your examples like "horse-riding click" and so on, I realized I had at least heards these before as interjections and /or have used (or still use) them in my daily life, lol :D (I'm European). It's not the matter of "OMFG what are these sounds?" but rather the fact that you can incorporate them into an actual language/speech.

[@Allhoney33]

Great teacher you are! Thanks from an African American woman from the US. I've been interested in Southern African click languages since I saw Shaka Zulu years ago, when it first debuted in the 80s. It seems Zulu is the easiest click language to learn, with Xhosa and Kung being the hardest, for me at least. It took me forever to learn how to correctly pronounce Henry Cele's name with the dental click! 😂😂. I wish more tribal languages like Native American tribal, African tribal, and Asian tribal languages were taught here in the US. I find them fascinating and pleasing to my ears.

[@LearnXhosa]

Siyabulela, sisi!

[@theresapebbleinmyboot]

I love this. I actually learned about Zulu language while DANCING IN SHAKA ZULU 😂 my dance teachers had it be our theme for the company showing that year, so they had us learn TONS of history. Took the song singing aspect OUT because we COULD NOT GET IT TOGETHER 😭

[@osjapa]

This is mind-blowing. I am so impressed at hearing these sounds being part of an actual existing language!

[@bernadettehawes]

I’m amazed how you can explain this so clearly in the space of 4 minutes! Thank you!

[@Svenshinhan]

Thanks so much. I never really realized I playfully used all of these clicks as a kid. I find the X-click to be the most difficult in combination with vowels (especially the i-sound), so thank you for the practicing tip. Been practicing them for two days and already getting a lot better.

[@nenej12]

facts lmao

[@mixblasian86humphries10]

I give up. My tongue is exhausted. Lol

[@LordsofMedia]

Don't stop now, I'm about to finish.

[@mixblasian86humphries10]

@@LordsofMedia hahahhaha. Stop it.

[@arianagm2332]

😂🤣

[@RobNoles79]

That’s what she said

[@Serjo777]

@@LordsofMedia You deserve so many more likes xD

[@RichardJenkinsFxCreations]

This just helped me a lot. I'm American but I want to learn the Xhosa language.

[@zibelebruciebenubrucieb8850]

Learn my launguage bro, lol i even learned your AA accent the least you could do is learn my Xhosa. it feels good to hear this btw

[@kpacuBua]

Lmao, who are you kidding.

[@kithand1106]

@@kpacuBua what do you mean..?

[@kpacuBua]

@@kithand1106 Yes.

[@kithand1106]

@@kpacuBua i said what do you mean?

[@adamwnt]

Amazing, i’m just blown away by this language

[@LearnXhosa]

nice ne!

[@elzannevandyk3960]

haha i had sooo much fun with this video! Made the clicks with you and laughed out loud at how silly i must sound to my German roommate. Great job though!

[@coltzstar5954]

Same!

[@buskobusko5619]

Mad respect for you my brother. You know my language more than some of my people here on KZbin. You should be teaching them. Bayethe kuwe ndoda yamadoda.

[@AwareEyeAmRare9]

First of all I'm not impressed.... I'd learn my Ancestors language from a toad before a white.

[@doodoohickey]

"They have told you a man of men"

[@LearnXhosa]

@@doodoohickey "Respectful greetings to you, man of men". Bayethe was a term to greet chiefs.

[@LearnXhosa]

Ndiyabulela mhlekazi!

[@LearnXhosa]

@@AwareEyeAmRare9 Trust me, no one is trying to impress you, and we don't care who you learn it from, but learn it, or be part of the defeat. Blessings!

[@laisbatista1729]

Thanks a looootttt... I wanna surprise someone that I love... He speaks xhosa and I wanna learn his maternal language... I am Brazilian and my problem is click sounds... Thanks again...

[@rozempire2843]

Laís Batista how did that go

[@kiaharper7172]

How beautiful 🥰

[@lizvillegas6603]

What a lovely reason to learn a language, best of luck!

[@munensuno8792]

É só falar fazendo muxoxo kkkkkkk

[@makteko]

@@rozempire2843 Yes, I am also curious if she was able to impress him. Xhosa is my mother tongue.

[@kaylashelby2078]

I've never commented on youtube before and have been on here since it was created, but I literally yelled out loud "oh that is SO much easier!" when you taught the C clicks. I've been trying to teach myself and was doing that click on kinda both sides of my mouth or tongue to teeth instead of one. I'm so happy I found this channel! Thank you!!!

[@Ntuthu-ZA]

Glad you mastered it. The best way to learn a language is to listen for the sound snd then speak, without figuring out how the sounds are formed. The brain knows what it heard and will reproduce the sound, as happens when babies learn to speak. No one tells them which side of mouth which sound cones from. The brain just knows.

[@leighmoore1428]

Awesome - my grade 3 class is having a language week right now, and this is a really great help for me as the non-isiXhosa speaking teacher!

[@LearnXhosa]

Wonderful!

[@jenniferslusser6151]

I teach world history and was trying to learn how to pronounce Xhosa. This video was so helpful! Thank you!!!

[@LearnXhosa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@governormadea5937]

yoh Im xhosa and I live in Asia. I was teaching my british and Japanese Friends the clicks. they were really inspired to see a white dude thats able to do these clicks. enkosi bafo

[@QuiteAWhiteOu]

+Thula Langa Enkosi ke Thula!!!!

[@shaguftafaraz7864]

Until

[@doodoohickey]

Thank the dead?

[@beezy7491]

governor madea Are you sure your Xhosa or do you just speak Xhosa because if you are white sorry to break it to you but your no Xhosa.

[@somas7293]

@@beezy7491 Why even ask? He's obviously black.

[@pennymartina]

When I was a kid I heard the song "Pata Pata" and since then had been trying to sing it, but could never quite get it, or find anywere to learn how to pronounce those click sounds. I'm so happy I found this! Thanks, great informative video!

[@virginiaalmon8389]

She seems to always make the click on the third beat.

[@Beespank]

I have always been fascinated by languages such as Xhosa that have the clicks and I've always always wanted to know how to do them. This was super helpful and informative. And very much thank you to all the Xhosa people in the comments who helped clear up some discrepancies in the video too, y'all were really helpful. And I'll be honest the only reason I found you is a long long trail of trying to find accurate pronunciation for the Zulu portion of the Circle of Life and learning that Nqoba had a tongue click and not knowing how to make that HAPPEN. But damn man if I ain't glad I did. Mad props.

[@superlearners4700]

🎉OMG I am sooo excited! i L💝VE your video! Four years since Miriam Makeba was popular, I have wondered how to make the clicks in the XHOSA language because I find the language so 💞LOVELY! You make it so easy!!! I’m curious to know how you learned the language? You make it sound so beautiful, and after your explanation quite easy….well…. Easier than I ever thought possible. MERCI INFINIMENT 🤗 🙏🏻Continue maki g videos🎉!

[@zipozonkempumlwana7005]

Love it! Uxhosa isiXhosa samaXhosa, esi siXaka amaXhego xa'exoxa ingxuba yikaXaka!

[@SueDNim]

This is the easiest to understand of the click videos I've watched. Thanks! I hope you make more Xhosa tutorials.

[@BollywoodFreak68]

I have learnt many languages, but this is by far the interesting one I respect most 👍👍

[@amyjensen9505]

I can do the clicks individually but following it with the vowels is something I really gotta work on

[@Zama_Zett]

I'm xhosa, u doing great brother but there's a difference between 'Xha and Xa' e.g. ixhala - anxiety Xaxa - mix There's a slight difference in pronunciation.

[@QuiteAWhiteOu]

Zama Fundakubi unyanisile Zama! Enkosi! This is just for beginners who struggle to do the three clicks at all. Later they learn subtleties of palatisation like using xh or ch or qh. Siyabulela ke!!

[@monkeyd6716]

This seems too advance for me my native tongue is a very heavy language but we don’t have any click sounds. So the pronouncing is very difficult for me. Also, I can’t tell the major difference between clicks. It would be much easier for me if I can learn by translation from my native tongue not translating from my native tongue to English and then to Xhosa. Difficult

[@ingad296]

Uzamile shem but zonke zine h. Ch xh qh ubize lonto yena

[@SueDNim]

Zama Fundakubi you should do some tutorial videos too. I want to learn Xhosa but it's so hard for my stupid tongue to learn to move itself correctly. We need more videos teaching Xhosa!

[@makteko]

@@ingad296 Ewe, I agree. Most of his pronunciations have an 'h' sound which shouldn't be there. But he did a great job overall and the lesson is brilliant.

[@carla-mariedurandt1360]

I have to learn IsiXhosa for my medicine course and I was really struggling with the X, until now. Thank you so much for this!! You are really great and nice to look at which made it that more fun haha so thank you

[@QuiteAWhiteOu]

Enkosi sisi!

[@blockflute]

The C-click is used where I'm from to express annoyance (like a deep type of annoyance that's usually reserved for family members, when you've reached someone's limit of patience). So every word with a 'C' sounds like someone's scolding someone :)

[@mjremy2605]

Boy this is hard for me, and I speak 4 languages. You are an excellent teacher, many thanks! Now I understand how it's done!

[@LunoRawke]

X ✔️ C ✔️ Q ❌ I need to pratice more Edit: I finally learned the Q click

[@NSA_Dejhon]

Luno Hawke i don’t get the x, does tongue go to roof of mouth???

[@LunoRawke]

@@NSA_Dejhon No, that's Q. During X, your tongue touches the side of your mouth.

[@substatikvideos]

For me, the most difficult is the 'X clicks' sound.

[@gringa23]

The q to me isn’t that hard. I can’t have a lazy tongue 😂

[@ingad296]

All three were wrong

[@sir_n3rd]

Thanks a lot for your video! It helped me to pronounce the three Xhosa clicks!

[@ryanstarlight8018]

Thank you so much! I've just seen a video of someone speaking Xhosa and I wondered how he moved his tongue to make sounds like that. Now I know it's humanly possible to do that! It isn't as hard as I thought it would be. Very interesting, thank you.

[@LearnXhosa]

You're very welcome!

[@jamirshaikh3457]

@@LearnXhosa cry cycle cop g8h@@@@@a

[@arrigune]

Yeah! I thought it would be much more difficult, but it's soooo beautiful and exciting!!

[@fullmetaltheorist]

You are actually pretty good at the clicks.

[@stephanierobinson731]

Taking college course...this is the introduction. Me: immediately gets up and leaves. You're amazing, by the way

[@LearnXhosa]

Thanks Stephanie, thats awesome that you are studying isXhosa. I hope you keep it up! Where is your course?

[@muktastarke2969]

Best explanation. I keep coming back to this video. Very clear, good teaching with practice and examples. Thank you.

[@nadiakritzinger4015]

Hi there, can you please make a video of how to pronounce the "hl" sound in Sala Kakuhle and Hamba Kakuhle? I've been trying and trying and asking lecturers to help me with it, but I just can't seem to get it right.

[@QuiteAWhiteOu]

Nadia Kritzinger check our isiXhosa_gram instagram page. There is that exact video here: instagram.com/p/BYproNGBgE9/?igshid=cno1bwcxsce9

[@nadiakritzinger4015]

Awesome, thanx so much!

[@lisacarolissen138]

You are a brilliant teacher!!

[@veniqer]

This is an excellent lesson! Thank you so much :)

[@ayabongayako5581]

Well done to this xhosa teacher

[@e32b61]

Just gotta master this and throat singing and I will fulfill my dream of throat singing The Click Song.

[@Amarcordons]

Hahaha XD

[@hellraiderpl559]

Haha good luck!

[@backtoshellac6459]

Godspeed mate

[@Nelson_504]

OMG! I always marvel at people's ability to make those clicking sounds because I just can't! Alyssa Edwards could speak this language so easily!

[@nolubabalojikija3719]

I am Xhosa...You are good

[@LearnXhosa]

Enkosi sisi!

[@dylanmurphy9389]

Can you whisper in this language?

[@LearnXhosa]

not without others getting suspicious 😆

[@dylanmurphy9389]

@@LearnXhosa 😂

[@jaisade4628]

You're a great teacher. Thank you

[@emotionmlangeni2231]

WOW! insanely awesome, you nailed them all😊😊😊

[@AlyxAesthetics]

C is easy for me thanks for teaching me 😊 and x. Q is harder but I managed to get it after a while of repeating fast

[@LearnXhosa]

Great job!

[@mdundomedia3469]

I'm subbing and will be learning Xhosa. I'm so pumped. Thank you

[@pierremaurice8246]

Funny, in Egypt we make these sounds and we're totally unaware that these are letters. "X" is for making donkeys move, C means NO (friendly) and Q as a funny sound

[@bri1085]

Funny enough the q one with an a means no. "Qa"

[@nanimorocha2023]

Hace poco descubrí este idioma y me fascina! Lo explicas muy bien. Saludos desde Argentina 🦋

[@amarenteyi]

Haibo

[@alexsantos5948]

Fascinating.

[@rowanmuhammad4489]

You did a great job, that was really helpful! Thank you so much

[@theohlobba1385]

Thanks for the good lesson man, love from Iceland :)

[@JaneFraser101]

Awesome descriptions and explanation. Thank-you!

[@robertjohnson5838]

0:24 thanks very much for this excellent video. I can die a happy man. By the way xh in Albania is pronounced dzh Enver Hodzha in case you ever wondered.

[@yossarian6799]

NDILAMBILE, SYLVIA! NDICELA UNDIPHE UKUTYA!!! 30+ years in the 'states, and it stills rolls off my tongue. And 30+ years in the 'states, and my heart still aches for our beloved Sylvia (and her world's BEST samp 'n' beans...)

[@vertoatrum]

Thank you for an easy, fun lesson on such a unique language

[@emilifanofernandes9091]

so amazing!!! 🇧🇷

[@rubbersoul1218]

I can produce the click sounds alone without any problem, but whenever I try to produce them with a vowel, they suddenly become somewhat nasalized… Does it get better with practice?

[@LearnXhosa]

hmm, its just a funny mental association you have, but should be easy to change 😁. Isolate the clicks again, then isolate the exhaled vowels. Then combine the click alone, followed by the exhaled vowel. Start with a gap and then minimise the gap till it flows. If you hear a nasalisation, then try again as above. going slow step by step should work, its when you try rush, the old habit kicks in. 🙏

[@wendykathleenrogers5385]

I love this.

[@jimjungle1397]

Years ago, I had a university professor explain the three Xhosa tongue clicks to me over the Internet. It was chat, without sound. The click on the side of the mouth was first described, "as when you are annoyed." I'm not South African, so I wasn't familiar with that habit. It was in a South African radio chat room where most people chatted in Afrikaans. Later the South African radio stations quit their chat rooms, due to possible stalkers. I chatted there for 10 years and learned Afrikaans, at least for reading and writing. I try to listen to Radio Sonder Grense in Afrikaans on the Internet, but it is difficult. The reading and writing was fairly easy after 10 years of Afrikaans chat.

[@anonymelv9881]

Can it be a problem if I say uqolo or ucolo instead of uxolo ?

[@LearnXhosa]

Anonyme LV sadly YES DEFINITELY a problem. Clicks quite simply change the meaning of word like any letter change in English (dog/bog for instance). Eg and im going to simplify some grammar and spelling to make my point clear to you: cela - request politely ie please / qela - a team or group / xela - tell or slaughter depending if you aspirate the click (xhela is slaughter an animal). So you NEED to know the different clicks and use them correctly.

[@gqika2]

Huge,Huge problem . You will end-up cutting heads off chickens instead of bringing me eggs. It's a Xhosa thing , you won't understand it yet.

[@DeAnne1233]

Curious American here. Thank you for the lesson! :)

[@patiencemohammed211]

Can you do another click video explaining how the teeth are position while attempting to do these clicks

[@LearnXhosa]

Teeth must remain firmly attached to the gums! ;) They are also slightly apart, as your mouth is slightly open. Its about the tongue creating suction and then pulling it away, either from behind front top teeth (c click), or the side teeth (x-click) or the roof of mouth (q-click).

[@patiencemohammed211]

+UBuntu Bridge Gums?

[@Echochi7]

I would appreciate a diagram of the inside of the mouth for each click, but particularly the Q. I've been practising for ages but can't get a nice loud, clear sound, it ends up sounding like a cross of X and C. :'( Please help!

[@irockluculent961]

Excellent instruction.

[@davidkeithbecket]

I'm so glad I clicked

[@SkepticalTeacher]

By far the clearest explanation, thanks so much!

[@LearnXhosa]

Glad it was helpful, sisi.

[@Josiah-ll3tk]

Why are you adding an h when you say it fast but not when you say it slow Pls help

[@carolbaird4302]

What's Shop mean?

[@deathbyjypsy]

I can’t figure out how you do kancici there is something physically blocking my tongue from doing a nasally n to a C

[@LearnXhosa]

Can you say "England"? That first "eng" is the nasal "n" that you want before doing the "c" click in: Ka + n + ci + n + ci Try that and report back :)

[@phumezandzambo349]

Ngeba ndiyancoma nto nje ufaka uhahazo apho lungangeniyo. ukho umahluko phakathi ko "Xa,Xe,,Xi,Xo,Xu" no "Xha,Xhe,Xhi,Xho,Xhu"... Ngokunjalo ku "Q" no "C"

[@zanelesihlangu1198]

😕

[@ceeliv202]

Uhahazo, yhuuu andayihleka.

[@the_awaited_two2831]

Uqinisile, nami ngishilo ukuthi mhla wasusa labo -h emshweni kungaba ryt.

[@LearnXhosa]

Siyafundisa abafundi abasaqalayo. The aspirating h is there as we are exaggerating the exhalation to help people get the click, where many other teachers have failed. Once they have the click and the pronunciations of vowels, they can focus on the more subtle aspects of the language. It's like when you teach children English at primary school....you don't start with Shakespeare 😂 Enkosi ngenkxaso yenu. Shap.

[@phumezandzambo349]

@@LearnXhosa Ndiyakuva, nto nje andivimelani nawe. When you make the 1st consonant+vowel link you do it right, then you switch to the incorrect form (a beginner may take this as a deliberate distinction). Kanti ukuba ubuvele wahlala kwindlela eyiyo (or at least enye) bekungazubakho kubhideka phambili xa nifika ekwahlula-hluleni. I'm also trying to learn new languages. This is feedback from that perspective. To say ukuba bendingumfundi wesiXhosa, this is something that I'd find frustrating later. 🤗

[@rudybarbour632]

What happened to the first lesson???

[@DaddyZeke4587]

That is such a beautiful and unique language. Unfortunately I'm not able to make some of those sounds.

[@GlobalMapperGuy]

Is K A Click Constants

[@propaganja7264]

Know any languages from the senegalese/benin/bantu?

[@brittlonsdale]

What significance does the click have?

[@LearnXhosa]

Linguistically, they create meaning, the same as any other letters/sounds in any other language. But also they are inherited from the first human people (the Bushmen), so they have an ancient, ancestral significance that you can choose what you wish to make of. 😁🙏

[@DebNKY]

Fascinating, what is the origin of the language? Is it supposed to sound musical, like percussion? The Click Song is so beautiful

[@selormvan]

Great video!

[@antoinettevanstadenmeyer6302]

Enkosi. I really enjoyed this video!

[@solarprogeny6736]

why do the X and C clicks sound like "na ne ni no nu" when I do them?

[@b.mensah9624]

this is the best language on planet earth

[@LearnXhosa]

siyavuma! We agree!

[@bethchi8160]

The clicks are too deep am struggling 😢😢

[@ladyrachel13]

You click so beautifully. 💕

[@HonestyArt]

Dude! This tutorial rocks!

[@LearnXhosa]

haha enkosi!

[@Franzen_leila]

You explanation was nice

[@abigailb9144]

Not sure why I'm here tbh, but having fun! Thanks!

[@KenKwameWrites]

Many, many thanks for this! I'll be practising this for a while so I pronounce it properly for my coming video!

[@reubenphiri2076]

Thanks man.. I'm getting it.really want to know this language

[@vtocosands8331]

Impresionante el idioma

[@joyresideshere]

I have an open bite and I struggle with certain English words …following along with this man I was drooling whew 😅

[@ilaisaanewest7313]

Thank you I teach language/reading classes and this is a brilliant closing activity, teaching English of course lol

[@LearnXhosa]

Wonderful!

[@firevavanced6669]

You nailed it bro!

[@suzeelewis718]

There are 5 clicks? Not 3?

[@TheTamashek]

Best explanation of the click sounds... unbelievable...love from 🇰🇪🇰🇪🎩

[@MorryM2012]

You teach really well. Thank you.

[@breb2169]

i’m here cuz of black panther, did any else already know how to click but just watched cuz it’s so cool to hear this language♥️😂😂

[@alessandroricciardi7317]

This is amazing... great teaching but next time make sure you don’t make the screen opaque so that you ensure the visual help too... it’s important to show us where the tongue goes!

[@Thabaniization]

Tricky one on the Cela, it sounded like Chela which is a different meaning. There are nuances, but all in all very good lesson...

[@RighBread]

Hahaha wow this is actually an incredibly fun language to learn. Thank you for all these lessons.

[@PompeyBoy66]

Sharp! Good lesson thanks.

[@SpaceyMonkey75]

Awesome stuff, thanks dudes.

[@johnyjohn9082]

I'll refer people to you when I'm teaching Click words in my Xhosa lessons