Zulu/Exercise/Lesson 1
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Hello!
[edit | edit source]How would you respond to:
Sawubona bhuti!
Sawubona sisi!
Sanibona gogo!
Sawubona mntwana!
Sawubona Nandi! (Speaking to uPhilani)
Sawubona Philani!
Unjani?
Ngikhona, wena unjani?
Ninjani? (If part of a group, speaking to a single person.)
Sikhona, wena unjani?
Ninjani? (If part of a group, speaking to another group.)
Sikhona, Nina ninjani?
Sala kahle!
Hamba kahle!
Names
[edit | edit source]Translate the following Zulu sentences into English:
NginguSipho.
I'm Sipho.
Unjani?
How are you?
Igama lami nguThembu.
My name is Thembu.
Isibongo sami nguNdlovu.
My surname is Ndlovu.
NgingowakwaMthembu.
My surname is Mthembu.
Translate the following English sentences into Zulu:
This is Nandi.
Lo nguNandi.
I am pleased to meet you.
Ngiyajabula ukukwazi.
I am feeling unwell.
Angiphilile kahle.
I am ok.
Ngikhona.
Dialogue
[edit | edit source]Try translating the following dialogue:
uThabo: Sawubona sisi!
Thabo: Hello sister!
uZipho: Sawubona bhuti. Unjani?
Zipho: . Hello brother! How are you?
uThabo: Ngisaphila, Wena unjani?
Thabo: I'm still alive, how are you?
uZipho: wazalwa nini.
Zipho:ngazalwa mhlaka.
uThabo: Igama lami nguThabo, ngiyajabula ukukwazi.
Thabo: My name is Thabo, I'm pleased to meet you.
uZipho: Nami, ngiyajabula ukukwazi. Sala kahle!
Zipho: I'm also pleased to meet you. Stay well (Goodbye)
uThabo: Hamba kahle!
Thabo: Go well!