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Months and years in isiZulu

Which month are we in?	Sikuyiphi inyanga?
January	uMasingana
Febuary	uNhlolanja
March	uNdasa
April	uMbasa
May	uNhlaba
June	uNhlangulana
July	uNtulikazi
August	uNcwaba
September	uMandulo
October	uMfumfu
November	uLwezi
December	uZibandlela

Year phrases

This year	Kulo nyaka
My birthday is in June this year	Usuku lwami lokuzalwa lungoNhlangulana kulo nyaka
Next year	Ngonyaka ozayo
Next year in September the rainy season will start	Ngonyaka ozayo ngoMandulo kuzoqala imvula
Last year	Ngonyaka odlule
Last year in March it was difficult to travel to Ubuhlebezweo	Ngonyaka odlule ngoNdasa bekunzima ukuya eBuhlebezwe

A sample sentence

Last year, especially in June, it was tough for me because I could not find any jobs and then COVID made life difficult for everyone. In July I moved to Pretoria and then found a job in Johannesburg in September	Unyaka odlule bewubukhuni, kwakunzima kumina ngoba ngangibgawutholi umsebenzi kwase kwafika iCovid, impilo yanzima kakhulu kuthina sonke. Ngo Ntulikazi ngayo hlala ePitoli ngase ngathola umsebenzi eGoli ngoMandulo.

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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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