Help:Basic words in Swati (síNgísi)
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This a page to help English speaker users, to learn some basic words and phrases about the language of this Wikipedia: SiSwati. Here is a list of some words in english and the translate form of them into SiSwati.
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[kúhlela] Greeting
- Hello - Sawubona
- How are you? - Unjani?
- I am fine. - Ngikhona
- I am fine, thank you. - Ngikhona ngiyabonga
- Goodbye - Sala kahle
- Good luck - Inhlanhla lenhle
- Have a safe journey. - Ube (singular) / Nibe (plural) neluhambo loluphephile
[kúhlela] Expressions
- yes - yebo
- no - cha
- please - ngiyacela
- thank you - ngiyabonga
- you're welcome - wamukelekile
- help - sita (singular) / sitani (plural)
- danger - ingoti
- emergency - simo lesibucayi
- excuse me - lucolo
- come here - wota lapha
- I am sorry. - Ngiyacolisa
- I love you. - Ngiyakutsandza
- happy birthday - lusuku lwekutalwa loluhle
- merry christmas - khisimusi lomuhle
- good luck - inhlanhla lenhle
[kúhlela] Questions / sentences
- Do you accept (credit cards/traveler's cheques)? - Uyawavuma (emakhadi etikweledi/emasheke etivakashi)?
- How much is this? - Kubita malini loku?
- I want ... - Ngifuna...
- What are you doing? - Wentani?
- What is the time? - Ngicela sikhatsi?
- Where are you going? - Uya kuphi?
- Where is ...? - Uphi ...?
- I don't know - Angati
- Ngibuya nga ... - I come from ...
[kúhlela] Numbers
- 1. - one - kunye
- 2. - two - kubili
- 3. - three - kutsatfu
- 4. - four - kune
- 5. - five - kusihlanu
- 6. - six - kusitfupha
- 7. - seven - kusikhombisa
- 8. - eight - kusiphohlongo
- 9. - nine - kuyimfica
- 10. - ten - kulishumi
- 11. - eleven - lishumi nakune
- 12. - twelve - lishumi nakubili
- 13. - thirteen - lishumi nakutsatfu
- 14. - fourteen - lishumi nakune
- 15. - fifteen - lishumi nesihlanu
- 20. - twenty - emashumi lamabili
- 21. - twenty one - emashumi lamabili nakunye
- 22. - twenty two - emashumi lamabili nakubili
- 50. - fifty - emashumi lasihlanu
- 100. - hundred - likhulu
- 1000. - thousand - inkhulungwane
[kúhlela] Computers and Internet terms
- computer - ngcondvomshini
- e-mail - i-imeyili
- Internet - i-inthanethi
- Internet café - likhefi le-inthanethi
- website - i-webhusayithi
[kúhlela] Colours
- colours - Imibala
- black - mnyama
- brown - bubendze
- green - uluhlata satjani
- grey - bhidzi
- gold - golide
- yellow - mtfubi
- white - mhlophe
[kúhlela] Days and months
- today - lamuhla
- yesterday - itolo
- tomorrow - kusasa
- next week - liviki lelitako
- last week - liviki leliphelile
- next month - inyanga letako
- last month - inyanga lephelile
- monday - uMsombuluko
- tuesday - Lesibili
- wednesday - Lesitsatfu
- thursday - Lesine
- friday - Lesihlanu
- saturday - uMgcibelo
- sunday - Lisontfo
- january - Bhimbidvwane
- february - Indlovane
- march - Indlovu
- april - Mabasa
- may - Inkhwekhweti
- june - Inhlaba
- july - Kholwane
- august - Ingci
- september - Inyoni
- october - Imphala
- november - Lweti
- december - Ingongoni
