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Lobola in a sentence
Lobola meaning
The bride price among certain Bantu peoples of South Africa.
Using Lobola
- The main meaning on this page is: The bride price among certain Bantu peoples of South Africa.
- In the example corpus, lobola often appears in combinations such as: lobola and, the lobola, pay lobola.
Context around Lobola
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lobola
- In this selection, "lobola" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pay, abolish, postbank, proceedings, symbolises and brideprice stand out and add context to how "lobola" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for the lobola proceedings and and lobola symbolises a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lobola" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lobola
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Remember the Postbank Lobola ad? (5 words)
Very soon you will start taxing lobola and church tithe. (10 words)
I know he will never afford lobola for me, let alone a wedding. (13 words)
I am between a rock and a hard place because my wife is demanding that I pay her lobola and, on the other hand, she wants me to pay the children’s maintenance, yet I am unemployed. (37 words)
Gwanda — A family here lost over R50 000 which was part of lobola they received after four masked armed robbers pounced on them a day after the payment of the bride price. (32 words)
He said the law does not seek to abolish lobola since culturally it solidified bonds between families but said bride price could not be used as a precondition to solemnize marriage. (31 words)
Remember the Postbank Lobola ad? (5 words)
Example sentences (12)
Kefilwe shared an Instagram reel of herself in traditional clothing for the lobola proceedings and the cows her mystery partner bought for their union.
According to the clerk, Mkhulu Zwane had also confided before that he used part of the money to help his son pay lobola for his wife.
Gwanda — A family here lost over R50 000 which was part of lobola they received after four masked armed robbers pounced on them a day after the payment of the bride price.
He said the law does not seek to abolish lobola since culturally it solidified bonds between families but said bride price could not be used as a precondition to solemnize marriage.
His posts have widely circulated on social media, with some commending the family for returning the lobola, while others said it was unnecessary.
I am between a rock and a hard place because my wife is demanding that I pay her lobola and, on the other hand, she wants me to pay the children’s maintenance, yet I am unemployed.
Lobola symbolises a union or the coming together of the two families after bethrothal.
Remember the Postbank Lobola ad?
Hard working women hide that they marry themselves by giving their boyfriends money to go to their families to pay Lobola (brideprice)”.
Narrating his ordeal, Guti said Matanda started demanding back the money she gave him to pay her lobola and threatened to expose him over failing to repay the money.
Very soon you will start taxing lobola and church tithe.
I know he will never afford lobola for me, let alone a wedding.
Common combinations with lobola
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: