Amagame aqhelekileyo (Basic Words)

(From Travlang)

• Ewe – Yes
• Hayi – No
• Enkosi – Thank you
• Enkosi kakhulu – Thank you very much
• Wamkelekile – You’re welcome
• Nceda – Please
• Uxolo/Ndixolele – Excuse me
• Molo – Hello
• Sala kakuhle – Goodbye
• Iyakubonana – So long
• Molo (intsasa emnandi) – Good morning
• Molo (Imvakwemini emnandi) – Good afternoon
• Molo (ukuhlwa okumnandi) – Good evening
• Busuku benzolo – Good night
• Andiqondi kakuhle – I do not understand
• Ungaba uyasithetha na, isiXhosa? – How do you say this in Xhosa?
• Uyasithathat … – Do you speak …
• isiNgesi – English
• isiFrentshi – French
• isiJamani – German
• isiSpanish – Spanish
• isiTshayina – Chinese
• Mna – I
• Thina – We
• Wena – You (singular, familiar)
• Nina – You (singular, formal)
• Nina – You (plural)
• Bona – They
• Ngubani igama lakho? – What is your name?
• Bekumnandi ukudibana nawe/ukukukwazi – Nice to meet you.
• Unjani? – How are you?
• Lungileyo – Good
• Engalunganga – Bad
• nkosikazi – Wife
• umyeni – Husband
• intombi – Daughter
• unyana – Son
• mama – Mother
• bawo – Father
• umhlobo, umlingane – Friend
• Iphi indlu yangasese? – Where is the bathroom? Where is the toilet?

I will be following the book A First Kafir Course by C. J. Crawshaw. The term “Kafir” is certainly NOT the best to refer to either the language or its speakers, but it is a rather old book (I found only the 5th edition printed in 1903), so the use of the term is understandable. Anyway, despite the title,  the book seems to be good, and the language seems to be basically the same as it is used today, as far as I could check.