In this task, you are given a sentence or phrase in English. You must translate it to Xhosa in a way that is equivalent in terms of meaning and grammatically correct.
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Question: This continued for about the first forty years of the century, but thereafter were joined into one broad wale.

Answer: Lento yayiqhubekeka kwade kwaba yokuqala iminyaka engamashumi mane wenkulungwane, emva koko ihambe iyokudibana kwezinye ezibanzi inqanawa.


Question: The star-like painted wind-rose, with its 32 points, thus became the 'fly' of the compass which always pointed true.

Answer: Ezi zazijongeke ngokwenkwenkwezi zazipeyintwe njengomoya werozi, zinamashumi amathathu enesibini wezalathiso, zathi zaba zezona zibizwa ngokubhabha ikhampasi ezazisoloko zilathe inyanisa.


Question: At the same time Nos. 2, 3 and 4 and Stroke put out the fenders on their respective sides.

Answer:
Kwangelo xesha linye inombolo yesibini, yesithathu neyesine kwaye ikwakhutshelwa ngaphandle emingxunyeni yesikhuseli emacaleni aso.