paloYaKgwedi

→ month()

Returns the month from the computer's clock, from 1 to 12.

paloYaKgwedi()

January is 1 and December is 12. Note that underneath, months are counted from 0; Bopa corrects that, so the number you see is the one you expect.

A kgwedi is not a ngwedi. It is often said that one Setswana word covers both the calendar month and the moon in the sky. No source consulted says so: kgwedi is written as month only, while the word for the moon is ngwedi.

Examples

The twelve months as a bar

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tiro setaLoeto() {
  thalaKanefase(400, 200);
  bokamorago(240);
  tlogelaMothalo();

  metlha k = paloYaKgwedi();

  gopheta (diri i = 1; i <= 12; i = i + 1) {
    fa (i === k) {
      tlatsaMmala(220, 90, 70);
    } gongwe {
      tlatsaMmala(205, 210, 218);
    }
    thalaKhutlonne(14 + (i - 1) * 31, 70, 26, 60);
  }

  tlatsaMmala(40);
  bogoloJwaMokwalo(16);
  thalaMokwalo('kgwedi ' + k, 14, 40);

  tlhalosa('Mabokoso a le lesome le bobedi a a emetseng dikgwedi, mme la kgwedi ya gompieno le khibidu.');
}

See also

paloYaLetsatsi, paloYaNgwaga, paloYaUra