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Emergencies

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

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Sesotho

Phrases

I need help

Ke kopa thuso

There’s been an accident

Ho hlahile kotsi

There’s been a theft

Ho bile le boshodu

There’s been a robbery

Ho bile le tlatlapo

There’s been a burglary

Ho bile le boshodu ba ho thuba / Bathubile ka ntlung

There is a fire

Ho nale mollo

My house is burning

Ntlu ya ka e ya tjha

My neighbor's house is burning

Ntlu ya mohaisane wa ka eya tjha

I need a doctor

Ke hloka ngaka

I need to go to the hospital

Ke hloka ho ya sepetlele

Someone has stolen my bag

Ho nale motho a utswitseng mokotlana wa ka

Someone broke into my house

Ho nale motho a thuhileng ha ka

Someone broke into my car

Ho nale motho a nkenetseng ka koloing

My child is missing

Ngwana wa ka o nyametse

My parents are missing

Batswadi ba ka ba nyametse

Please call the police

Ke kopa o letsetse sepolesa

Please call an ambulance

Ke kopa o letsetse ambulanse

Please call a firefighters

Ke kopa o letsetse setimamollo

I am struggle to breath

Ke sokola ho hema

I have been hijacked

Ke utsweditswe koloi

I have been robbed

Ke tshwerwe poho

I have been mugged

Ke tshwerwe poho

I have been attacked

Ke hlasetswe

I have been raped

Ke betilwe

I have been molested

Ke ile ka hlekefetswa ka thobalano

I have been stabbed

Ke hlabilwe

I have been threatened

Ke tshositswe

I have been hurt

Ke lemetse leoto

He was shot

O thuntswe

He was stabbed

O hlabilwe

She was raped

O betilwe

She was attacked

O hlasetswe

She was mugged

O tshwerwe poho

He was hit by a car

O thutswe ke koloi

He was beaten up

O ile a otlwa

He was bitten by a dog

O longwe ke ntja

He was bitten by a snake

O longwe ke noha

He was bitten by a spider

O ile a longwa ke noha

He was bitten by a scorpion

Olongwe ke phepeng

He was knocked out

O ile a idibanywa

He is not breathing

Ha a heme

Are you wounded?

Ana o lemetse?

Are you bleeding?

Ana o tswa madi?

Are you allergic to something?

Hona le dintho tse sa ho tshwareng hantle mmeleng

Are you breathing properly?

O kgona ho hema hantle?

Did she have a heart attack?

Ebe o ile a emelwa ke pelo?

Did you call an ambulance?

Ebe o letseditse ambulanse

Did you call the police?

Ebe o letseditse maponesa?

Is there a doctor here?

Ebo hona le ngaka mona?

Does anyone know how to do CPR?

Ebe hona le motho a tsebang ho etsa CPR

I am going to perform CPR

Ke tlo etsa CPR

I am waiting for the police

Ke emetse maponesa

I am waiting for an ambulance

Ke emetse ambulanse

The police have arrived

Maponesa a fihlile

The ambulance has arrived

Ambulanse e fihlile