IsiXhosa Language

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Some phrases

Yes -- No	Ewe -- Hayi
Maybe -- Exactly -- Please -- Thank You	Mhlawumbi -- Ngqo -- Ndiyacela -- Enkosi
Excuse me	Kuxolo
Did you understand?	Uyibonile?
I understand -- I don't understand -- I didn't understand what you said -- I understand what you said	1) Ndiyayiva 2) Ndiyayiqonda -- 1) Andiyiva 2) Andiyiqondi -- Andiyiva lento uyitshoyo -- Ndiyayiva lento uyitshoyo
I know -- How can I know? -- I don't know	Ndiyayazi -- Ndingakunceda njani? -- 1) Andiyazi 2) Andazi
Can you speak slower?	Ndicela ungangxami xa uthetha?
Can you repeat this again?	Ndicela uphinde lento ubuyitsho?
Do you speak ____? English? -- Setswana? -- Xitsonga? -- Sesotho sa Leboa? -- isiXhosa? -- siSwati?	Uyathetha? Isingesi? -- isiTswanaa? -- isiTsonga? -- Uyasithetha isiSuthu? -- mZulu? -- iSiswati?

Love and relationship phrases in IsiXhosa

I like you	Ndiyakuthanda
I want you	Ndiyakufuna
I want to date you	Ndifuna sazane kangcono
I do not like you	Andikuthandi
I do not want you	Andikufuni
I do not want to date you	Andifuni ukwazana nawe kangcono
I think you are a beautiful woman	Ndicinga ukuba ulinenekazi elihle
I think he is a handsome man	Ndicinga ukuba uyindoda ebukekayo
South African women are beautiful	Amabhinqa ase Mzantsi mahle
South African men are beautiful	Amadoda wase Mzantsi mahle
Can I invite you to dinner or lunch?	Ndingakumema kwisidlo sasemini okanye esangokuhlwa?
Do you want to pay or should I pay?	Uyafuna ubhatala okanye ndibhatale?
You have a good personality	Unobuntu obuthandekayo

Birthday and new year phrases in IsiXhosa

Congrats!	Sivuyisana nawe!
Happy birthday!	Imini emandi kuwe
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year	Krisimesi emnandi nonyaka omtsha
I have this gift for you, hope you like it	Ndikuphathele isipho ndiyathemba uzosithanda
Today is your special day	Olu lusuku olubalulekileyo kuwe

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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