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