Indlela yokusebenza kwayo yomkitywa ngokuprincipyala iyahlolwa kumatyala, ukugcina amathiphu, nokuhlela indawo ngokuthi kuthutha kakhulu izinto ezinkulu. Izimkitywa zase-Xhosa zinezinhlelo zokuxhumana ngokuthembekile, amabhakethi amakhulu, nokulaywa ngokukhulu. Umkitywa wokugcina kakhulu uyahlola kakhulu ukugcina nokuqonda okuprecisi kanye nezinhlelo eziningi zokuxhumana ngokwezidingo zokugcina. Xa kusebenza ngokuphelelwe, lezi zimpendulo zicakisa uhlelo lwenziwano lokuvelisa lapho umkitywa wokugcina kaya izinto kanti umkitywa owayo uyilayela kuzindawo zokugcina noma kuzindawo zokulaywa.
Ukusebenzisa kwalokhu kombolo kubangelwa ngokuhambelana kwezinhlelo, ngokuhlolwa kwezobukhulu nokunakekela okungenzeka ukuthi amashini ayithinte luthi. Izindlela zokusebenzisa kudala ukubekwa okuhle ngokweqile ukuthi ukuguqulwa komkhiqizo kube lula, izinhlelo zokuxhumana phakathi kwezisebenzisi, nokuhlanganisa izindathu ezingenakusebenza. Amaphoyinti wokusebenza amaningi asetshenziswa i-GPS nokugcina izinhlelo zokuhamba zomkhumbi ukuthuthukisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwezilithi. Ukuhlaziywa kwemali kufaka phakathi ukuthi kwezinye izinhlelo ezinhambisana nezinye zinikeza ukusebenzisa okulinganisa nezinhlelo eziningi njengezinhlelo yokulayisha nokuthatha, ukuhlolwa kwezinhlobo zomsebenzi, ukuguqulwa kwezindathu, nokude kwalokhu. Kwezimisele ezinkulu, izinhlelo ezinhambisana nezinye kahle kungenza izinhlelo eziningi ngokusebenzisa nokukhula komali.