IsiXhosa Language

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Months and years in IsiXhosa

Which month are we in?	Yeyiphi le nyanga sikuyo?
January	Eyomqungu
Febuary	eyoMdumba
March	eyoKwindla
April	Utshazimpuzi
May	Ucanzibe
June	Isilimela
July	EyeKhala
August	EyeThupha
September	Eyomsintsi
October	eEyedwarha
November	eyeNkanga
December	eyoMnga

Year phrases

This year	Kulonyaka
My birthday is in June this year	Ndizalwa kulonyaka kwinyanga yeSilimela
Next year	Kunyaka ozayo
Next year in September the rainy season will start	Kulonyaka uzayo kweyomsintsi lixesha lonyaka ekuqala khona ukunetha
Last year	Kunyaka ophelileyo
Last year in March it was difficult to travel to Margate	Kunyaka ophelileyo kweyokwindla kwakunzima ukuvakashela kwicala lase Margate

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.	Kulonyaka uphelileyo ingakumbi kweyesilimelabekunzima kum ingakumbi ukufumana umsebenzi laze igcuwane le COVID lenza kwanzima ukuphila kumntu wonke, kweyekhala ndafudukela e Pitoli ndawufumana e Rhawutini keinyanga yomsintsi

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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