isiZulu Language

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Some phrases

Yes -- No	Yebo -- Cha
Maybe -- Exactly -- Please -- Thank You	Kungenzeka -- Ngiyacela -- Impela -- Ngiyabonga
Excuse me	Uxolo
Sorry	Ngiyaxolisa
Did you understand?	Ukutholile?
I understand -- I don't understand -- I didn't understand what you said -- I understand what you said	Ngiyaqonda -- Angiqondanga -- Angiqondi ukuthi utheni -- Ngiyakuqonda okushilo
I know -- How can I know? -- I don't know	Ngiyazi -- Ngingazi kanjani? -- Angazi
Can you speak slower?	Ungakwazi ukukhuluma kancane?
Can you repeat this again?	Ungakwazi ukuphinda lokho futhi?
Do you speak ____? English? -- Setswana? -- Xitsonga? -- Sesotho sa Leboa? -- isiXhosa? -- siSwati?	Ingabe uyakhuluma? IsiNgisi? -- Setswana? -- Xitsonga? -- IsiSuthu saseLeboa? -- isiXhosa? -- IsiSwati?

Love and relationship phrases in isiZulu

I like you	Ngiyakuthanda
I want you	Ngiyakufuna
I want to date you	Ngifuna ukuthandana nawe
I do not like you	Angikuthandi
I do not want you	Angikufuni
I do not want to date you	Angifuni ukuthandana nawe
I think you are a beautiful woman	Ngicabanga ukuthi ungowesifazane omuhle
I think you are a handsome man	Ngicabanga ukuthi uyindoda ebukekayo
I think she is a beautiful woman	Ngicabanga ukuthi ungewesimame omuhle
I think he is a handsome man	Ngicabanga ukuthi ngindoda ebukekayo
South African women are beautiful	Abesifazane baseNingizimu Afrika bahle
South African men are beautiful	Mahle amadoda aseNingizimu Afrika
Can I invite you to dinner or lunch?	Ngingakumemela esidlweni sakusihlwa noma sasemini?
Do you want to pay or should I pay?	Uyafuna ukukhokha noma ngikhokhe?
You have a good personality	Unobuntu obuhle

Birthday and new year phrases in isiZulu

Congrats!	Halala!
Happy birthday!	Halala ngosuku lokuzalwa
Merry Christmas (and a) Happy New Year	Ukhisimusi omuhle (kanye) Nonyaka Omusha Ojabulisayo
I have this gift for you, hope you like it	Ngikuphathele lesi sipho, ngethemba ukuthi uyasithanda
Today is your special day	Namuhla usuku lwakho olukhethekile

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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