Kabo Ngwanaamotho

RADIO BOTSWANA NEWSDESK TRANSLATIONS FROM ENGLISH TO SETSWANA

First the headlines = Pele ke ditlhogo.

Guerilla Warfare = Ntwa ya tii-tii-pote

Professor = Mmankge wa dithuto

Middle East = botlhaba-gare

Muslim Extremists = ditlhakanatlhogo tsa ma muslim tse di ilweng ke tumelo ko

tlhogong

Muslim Fundamentalists = dingangatlela tsa tumelo ya Islam

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Oppressive regime = mmuso was seroo-phata

Oppressive ruler = mokgokgontshi

Rebels = Diingaodi / Ditsoolodi

Helicopter = sefofane sa tlhoo-tomo

Spaceship = “sesutlha lefaufau!”

“Chemical and Biological weapons” = “Dibetsa tsa chefi le megare”

“Weapons of mass destruction” = “dibetsa tsa mmolao wa kgailo”

United Nations Peace Keeping Force = masole a itshireletso a lekgotla la dichaba

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Persian Gulf = kgogometsong ya Persia

To encounter huge problems = “Go kopana le nko di aboga”

To repeat an event = “Go ipoa kgatso”

Front line states = mafatshe a a arametseng mogote wa dipolotiki

Constable = lepodise la maemo a o ko tlase tlase

CID = lepodise le eseng la seaparo

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Department of Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime = LEPHATA LA TWANTSHO TSHENYETSO SECHABA LE KGOPELO ITSHOLELO!

Ak47 automatic rifle = tlhobolo ya kgotla-more- o-itirise

There was a hectic exchange of gunfire between two opposing rebel groups = Tlhobolo ene e lelela boatleng, fa makgamo aa sa tseisaneng molelo a marabele ba itaana ka noga e utlwa.

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Veteran = mabutswa-pele

Instruments and vocalistics = Ditshipi le Diparangparang

Tractor =Tshukudu ya temo

Little boy =tshegaingate

Where there is no law and order = Kwa ga mmapereko

Cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers. = Digabugabu tsa maru a a phatlaletseng le mesarasarane fale le fale.

Non Aligned countries = Mafatshe a a sa ikabang.

To hate each other = go itaana ka noga e tshela

Monday 10.10a.m = “maleka a magolo e lesome metsotso go tlogela lesome mo

mosong wa Mosupologo”

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Mr Zakhem bribed Mr Kemokatla = Rre Sakheme o file Rre Kemokatla pipamolomo

Supermodel = mmotlelara wa bodichabachaba.

SSG = Mapodisi a kgalemelo lenyatso