Teacher:In this task, you are given a sentence or phrase in Xhosa. You must translate it to English in a way that is equivalent in terms of meaning and grammatically correct.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Nangona ngokwemfundo yobugcisa eli qela leenqanawa lizalwa zizikhitshane zeziporo, ezaqala ukuvezwa kwinkulungwane yeminyaka eyadlulayo, iinqanawa eziqhutywa ekuqaleni kohambo ngenqanawa ukuya apho luphela khona njengoku zikhona ziqale ukusetyenziswa kwiminyaka yee1960.
Student:
Even though in the technological sense this class of ship is a descendent of the railway ferry, which was first introduced a century ago, the roll-on/roll-off ship in its present form first came into being in the 1960s.