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Days of the week in isiZulu

Day	Izinsuku
What day is today?	Ulwesingaki namhlanje?
Monday	UMsombuluko
Tuesday	ULwesibili
Wednesday	ULwesithathu
Thursday	ULwesine
Friday	ULwesihlanu
Saturday	UMgqibelo
Sunday	ISonto

How to describe weeks

This week	Kuleli viki
I have exams this week	Ngiyabhala ngoLwesihlanu kuleli sonto
I week there will be some activities	Kuleli sonto kuzoba nezinto ezithile
This week will be better than last week	Leli sonto lizoba ngcono kunesonto eledlule
Next week	Evikini elizayo
I will return next week Saturday	Ngizobuya ngesonto elizayo ngoMgqibelo
I have exams next week	Ngesonto elizayo ngizoba nezivivinyo
Next week we will have a visit	Ngesonto elizayo sizoba nokuvakasha
Last week	Evikini eledlule
We went shopping last week Monday	Uhambe ezitolo ngesonto eledlule ngoMsombuluko
Last week went by quite quickly	Isonto eledlule lidlule ngokushesha okukhulu
I had medical consultations last week	Ngibe nezikhathi zokwelashwa ngesonto eledlule

A sample sentence

I need to travel to uMhlabuyalingana on Tuesday because I need to be in Maputo on Wednesday for a funeral	Ngidinga ukuya kwaMhlabuyalingana ngoLwesibili ngoba ngidinga ukuba seMaputo ngoLwesithathu ngomngcwabo

Learn isiZulu

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in isiZulu

Family
How can you describe your family in isiZulu?

Numbers
How to count in isiZulu

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in isiZulu

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in isiZulu

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in isiZulu

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in isiZulu

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in isiZulu

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in isiZulu

Phrases
Extra phrases in isiZulu that may be handy

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