Detailed Instructions: 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.
Q: Only very slowly and reluctantly did they re-knot the log-line so that the nautical mile matched as many fathoms and feet as did the minute of arc accurately measured by the astronomers.
A:
Yayiyecothayo yenza uknqena baqhina kwakhona umgca omde ukwenzela ukuba imayle zenyuthikhali zngqamane nefathomas ezininzi nenyawo.