isiNdebele Phrasebook

Emergencies

Asking for help when in an emergency in English and isiNdebele.

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Phrases

I need help

Ngifuna isizo

There’s been an accident

Kwehle ingozi

There’s been a theft

Kube nesehlakalo sokweba

There’s been a robbery

Kube nesehlakalo sokudlelezela

There’s been a burglary

Kugqekeziwe

There is a fire

Kuqubuke umlilo

My house is burning

Indlu yami iyatjha

My neighbor's house is burning

Indlu kamakhelana iyatjha

I need a doctor

Ngifuna isizo likadorhodera

I need to go to the hospital

Kumele ngiye esibhedlela

Someone has stolen my bag

Kunomuntu owebe ibhegami

Someone broke into my house

Kunomuntu ogqekeze endlinami

Someone broke into my car

Kunomuntu ogqekeze ikoloyami

My child is missing

Umntwanami ulahlekile

My parents are missing

Ababelethi bami balahlekile

Please call the police

Ngibawa udosele amapholisa

Please call an ambulance

Ngibawa udosele i-ambulensi

Please call a firefighters

Biza isicimamlilo

I am struggle to breath

Ngiphefumula kabuhlungu

I have been hijacked

Ngemukwe ikoloyi

I have been robbed

Ngibanjwe ikunzi

I have been mugged

Ngibanjwe ikunzi

I have been attacked

Ngisahlelwe

I have been raped

Ngikatiwe

I have been molested

Ngihlukunyezwe ngokomseme

I have been stabbed

Ngihlatjwe ngento ebukhali

I have been threatened

Ngithuselwe

I have been hurt

Ngilimele

He was shot

Udunyuziwe

He was stabbed

Uhlatjwe ngomukhwa

She was raped

Ukatiwe

She was attacked

Usahlelwe

She was mugged

Ubanjwe ikunzi

He was hit by a car

Utjhayiswe yikoloyi

He was beaten up

Ubethiwe

He was bitten by a dog

Ulunywe yinja

He was bitten by a snake

Ulunywe yinyoka

He was bitten by a spider

Ulunywe siswebu

He was bitten by a scorpion

Ulunywe yiphephenu

He was knocked out

Utjhayiswe yikoloyi

He is not breathing

Akasaphefumuli

Are you wounded?

Ulimele?

Are you bleeding?

Uphuma iingazi?

Are you allergic to something?

Unento engakhambelani neengazi zakho?

Are you breathing properly?

Uphefumula kuhle na?

Did she have a heart attack?

Usahlelwe bulwele behliziyo na?

Did you call an ambulance?

Uyidosele i-ambulensi?

Did you call the police?

Uwadosele amapholisa?

Is there a doctor here?

Kunodorhodera lapha na?

Does anyone know how to do CPR?

Ukhona okwazi ukuphulukisa ngokulandela amagadango wesizo elirhabako?

I am going to perform CPR

Ngizokuphulukisa ngokulandela amagadango wesizo lokuthoma

We are waiting for the police

Silinde amapholisa

We are waiting for an ambulance

Silinde i-ambulensi

The police have arrived

Amapholisa afikile

The ambulance has arrived

I-ambulensi ifikile

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