Rethabile
Sesotho for "we are happy", joining the prefix for "we" to the stative form of the verb "to be glad".
Meaning and origin
Rethabile joins the Sesotho subject prefix re-, "we", to thabile, the stative form of the verb thaba, "to be glad", so the word already reads as a short sentence: "we are happy".
How to pronounce Rethabile
| English (US) | reh-tah-BEE-leh /rɛtʰaˈbile/ |
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