la is commonly used as an abbreviation of lapha ("here")

lapha = here

le(na) = there

yonke indawo = everywhere

la-phaya= over there

Eng:í'm telling you It was here,there,over there and everywhere

Zulu:ngiyakutshela,ibikade ilapha,lena,laphaya nakuyo yonke indawo.

Ngiyabonga Sibusiso, but nevertheless are you agreeing or disagreeing that la=lapha, e.g. Woza la!

regards Baba D

David, you're definitely right. Just consider these lines from "Asimbonanga":

Asimbonanga
Umfowethu thina
Laph' ekhona
La wafela khona

Carsten.

No! No! No! i'm not disagreeing i was merely adding sugar and spice.

Oh ngiyabonga bhuti, I very much appreciate your idiomatic additions to the forum, although I am still very much a beginner