Language/Zulu/Vocabulary/Useful-Sentenses

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Sawubona! 😊

South Africa is distinguished by the diversity of its languages and Zulu is the main language spoken in South Africa.

It was not written before the arrival of the colonizers English, Dutch and German who introduced the Latin alphabet.

In this lesson you will find some useful phrases and videos in Zulu.

Happy learning!

With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: Fruits, Family, Basic Numbers & Geography.

Useful phrases in Zulu[edit | edit source]

English Zulu
Am I right or wrong? Ngiqinisile noma nginephutha?
Do you speak French/English? Ukhuluma isiNgisi na?
English Zulu
Good Kuhle
Good morning / good evening Sawubona
Good night! Lala kahle!
Happy Jabule
Have a good trip! Ube nohambo oluhle! / Hamba kahle!
Have a nice day! Ube nosuku oluhle!
He has two sisters Unosisi ababili
Hi! Sawubona (s) / Sanibona (pl)
How are you? (formal) Unjani?
How are you? (informal) Ninjani?
I really like it! Ngiyithanda ngempela!
I understand/ I don't understand Ngiyaqonda/I abaqondi
I visited one country Ngavakashela izwe elilodwa
I'm fine, thank you! Ngikhona, ngiyabonga!
It was nice talking to you! Kwaze kwamnandi ukukhuluma nawe!
My name is... Igama lami ngu...
No thanks Cha ngiyabonga
See you later! Sizobonana!
Thank you (very much) Ngiyabonga
This is so expensive Lokhu kubiza kakhulu
Very well, thank you, and you? Emihle, ngiyabonga, futhi wena?
Welcome! Wamukelekile
What's up? (colloquial) Kunjani?
Yes/No Yebo/Cha

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