Ke kopa thuso… with Setswana

Dumelang from Thakadu Bush Camp! After today’s lecture on research design and sampling techniques, we had our first Setswana lesson from Tefo, our sixteen year old teacher from Maun. Setswana is one of the main languages spoken in Botswana. We learned basic greetings, verbs, and the Setswana version of the classic song “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”. We are all excited to get started on field work tomorrow!


“Tlhogo, mahetla, nko le molomo, sehuba, letheka, mangole le menwana” (It's a song...)


Us learning Setswana in Thakadu.


Taking the classroom "outside."