IsiXhosa Language

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Days of the week in IsiXhosa

Days	Intsuku
What day is today?	Loluphi ususku namhlanje?
Monday	Mvulo
Tuesday	Lwesibini
Wednesday	Lwesithathu
Thursday	Lwesinee
Friday	Lwesihlanu
Saturday	Mgqibelo
Sunday	Cawe

How to describe weeks

This week	Kule veki
I have exams this week	Ndineemviwo ngolwesihlanu kule veki
This week there will be some activities.	Kule veki kuyobakho imisebenzi ethile
This week will be better than last week	Kule veki kuzobangcono kunale idlulileyo
Next week	Kwiveki ezayo
I will return next week Saturday	Ndizobuyela kwiveki ezayo ngoMgqibelo
I have exams next week	Ndineemviwo kwiveki ezayo
Next week we will have a visit	Kuleveki izayo sizobanondwendwe
Last week	Kwiveki ephelileyo
She went shopping last week Monday	Ebeyokuthenga kwiveki ephelileyo ngomvulo
Last week went by very quickly	Iveki ephelileyo ihambe ngokukhawuleza
I had medical appointments last week	Bendinedinga likagqirha kwiveki ephelileyo

A sample sentence

I need to travel to Nqanqarhu on Tuesday because I need to be in Durban on Wednesday for a funeral	Ndifuna uyovakasha e Nqanqarhu ngolwesibini ngoba ndisadinga ukuba seThekwini ngolwesithathu esifihlweni

Learn IsiXhosa

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in IsiXhosa

Family
How can you describe your family in IsiXhosa?

Numbers
How to count in IsiXhosa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 IsiXhosa

Phrases
Extra phrases in IsiXhosa that may be handy

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