isiNdebele Phrasebook

Numbers

Communicate numbers and time in English and isiNdebele.

Thulani Mahlangu

Normal

Phrases

One

Kunye

Two

Kubili

Three

Kuthathu

Four

Kune

Five

Kuhlanu

Six

Sithandathu

Seven

Likhomba

Eight

Bunane

Nine

Lithoba

Ten

Litjhumi

Eleven

litjhumi nanye

Twelve

Litjhumi nambili

Hundred

Likhulu

Four hundred

Makhulu amane

Thousand

Yikulungwana

Two thousand

Ziinkulungwana ezimbili

Million

Sigidi

One million

Sigidi sinye

In the morning

Ekuseni

In the middle of the day

Emini

In the afternoon

Ntambama

In the evening

Ntambama

In the middle of the night

Phakathi kobusuku

At night

Ebusuku

In the summer

Ehlobo

In the winter

Ebusika

At the beginning of the year

Ekuthomeni komnyaka

At the beginning of the month

Ekuthomeni kwenyanga

At the beginning of the week

Ekuthomeni kweveke

At the end of the year

Ekupheleni komnyaka

At the end of the month

Ekupheleni kwenyanga

At the end of the week

Ekupheleni kweveke

What is the time?

Sikhathi bani?

What time are you going home?

Ukhamba sikhathi bani ukuya ekhaya?

When is your birthday?

Linini ilanga lakho lokubelethwa?

One o’clock

Isimbi yokuthoma

Two o’clock

Isimbi yesibili

Three o’clock

Isimbi yesithathu

Four o’clock

Isimbi yesine

Five o’clock

Isimbi yesihlanu

Six o’clock

Isimbi yesithandathu

Seven o’clock

Isimbi yekhomba

Eight o’clock

Isimbi yobunane

Nine o’clock

Isimbi yethoba

Ten o’clock

Isimbi yetjhumi

Eleven o’clock

Isimbi yetjhumi nanye

Twelve o’clock

Isimbi yetjhumi nambili

Half past one

Imatjhumi amathathu imizuzu ngemva kokubetha kwesimbi yokuthoma

Quarter to two

Ilitjhumi nahlanu imizuzu ngaphambi kokubetha kwesimbi yesibili

Quarter past two

Ilitjhumi nahlanu imizuzu ngemva kokubetha kwesimbi yesibili

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