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 rig for crews of boats calling alongside foreign war- ships, day or night, should be NO.2; but if the boat is carrying the Officer of the Guard between sunset and sunrise, her crew may be dressed in night clothing.

Answer: Isinxibo samaqela ezikhephe eziza ngasemacaleni eenqanawa zokulwa zamanye amazwe, ebusuku okanye emini, mayibe linani lesibini, kodwa ukuba isikhephe sithwele umphathi wabalindi phakathi kokutshona nokuphuma kwelanga, iqela lakhe malinxibe iimpahla zasebusuku.

Question: The Minotaur and the Shannon, part of the Second Cruiser Squadron at Jutland, came through unscathed.

Answer:
IMinotaur neShannon , inxalenye yamaqela esibini esikhitshane eJutland engenzakalanga