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Talking about your family (Intsapho) in IsiXhosa

The Family	Intsapho
Mother	Mama
Father	1) Tata 2) Bawo
Parents	Abazali
Sister	1) Dade 2) Sisi
Brother	Bhuti
Son	Nyana
Daugther	Ndodakazi
Husband	Myeni
Wife	Nkosikazi
Aunt	Dadobawo
Uncle	Malume
Grandmother	1) Makhulu 2) Gogo
Grandfather	Tata omkhulu
Man	Indoda
Woman	Umfazi
Boy	Inkwenkwe
Girl	Intombazana

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

My children	Abantwana bam
His parents	Abazali bakhe
Your wives	Abafazi benu
The women here do not speak English	Lapha abafazi abasithethi isingesi

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

My wife is farming	Umfazi wakhe uyalima
Your husband speaks too much	Umyeni wakho uthetha kakhulu
The uncle of the neighbour has a lot of girlfriends	Umalume wakhwa makhelwana unamantombazana amaninzi athandana nawo
Our daughter is cooking rice	Intombi yethu ipheka I rice

Learn IsiXhosa

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in IsiXhosa

Family
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Numbers
How to count in IsiXhosa

Days of the week
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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
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Shopping
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Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
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Phrases
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