demonstrative pronoun
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this‘Thatha lokhu kudla!’ — Take this food!‘Lokhu kusho ukuthi makamthathe ngempela uNtombiza’ — This means that he must really marry Ntombiza
lokhu2
since (the time)
okokuhlanganisa
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since (the time)‘Lokhu ngazalwa mina angikaze ngizifake izinto eziyingozi kangaka emlonyeni’ — Since I was born, I have never put such dangerous things in my mouth2
sinceasgiven that‘Lokhu angize ngingabona muntu nje osebenza khona, usetshenzelwa ngubani?’ — Since I have never seen anybody working there, who is working for him?