Translation of pause in Northern Sotho
pause
ema ka gonnyane
verbpaused, pausing, pauses
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ema ka gonnyanekhutša‘Please pause the film for a few minutes while I answer the phone’ — Hle emiša filimi ka gonnyane metsotsonyana ge ke sa araba mogala‘He paused for a few seconds before opening the door’ — O ile a khutša metsotsonyana pele a ka bula lebati
nounPlural pauses
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go ema ka gonnyanego khutšakhutšokhutšwana‘After a short pause, the orchestra began to play again’ — Morago ga go ema ka gonnyane, okhestra e ile ya thoma go bapala gape‘They played for three hours without a pause’ — Ba ralokile tekano ya diiri tše tharo ntle le go khutša