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Talking about your family (Umndeni) in isiZulu

The Family	Umndeni
Mother	Umama
Father	Baba
Parents	Abazali
Sister	Dadewethu
Brother	Mfowethu
Son	indodana
Daugther	indodakazi
Husband	Umyeni
Wife	Unkosikazi
Aunt	Umamkhulu
Uncle	Umalume
Grandmother	Ugogo
Grandfather	Umkhulu

How to talk about your family with examples in the plural case

My children	Izingane Zami
His parents	Abazali bakhe
Your wives	Abafazi benu
The women here do not speak English	Abesifazane balapha abasazi isiNgisi

How to talk about your family with examples in the singular case

My wife is farming	Umkami uyalima
Your husband speaks too much	Umyeni wakho ukhuluma kakhulu
The uncle of the neighbour has a lot of girlfriends	Umalume kamakhelwane unenqwaba yezintombi
Our daughter is cooking rice	Indodakazi yethu ipheka irayisi

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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