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SESOTHO &SISWATI TOUR LEVEL 11 TO 20

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  LEVEL 11 1. Ke na le koloi. - Nginemoto. 2. Ke motsoalle oa ka. - Ungumngani wami. 3. Oa nthata. - Uyangitsandza. 4.  Ke motho ea molemo. - Ungumuntfu lokahle. 5. Ke monna ea sebete . -  Yindvodza lenesibindzi. 6. Ke moithuti . - Ngumfudzi. 7. Ngoanana o motle. - Lentfombatane yinhle. 8. Modimo o molemo,  ka linako tsohle .- Nkulunkulu muhle, ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi. 9. Ntate oa ka ke ngaka. - Babe wami ngudokotela. 10. Ausi oa ka ke titchere . - Sisi wami nguthishela. LEVEL 12 1. Koloi - imoto 2. Motsoalle - umngani. 3. Modimo - Nkulunkulu 4. Ngaka - dokotela 5. Ausi - sisi 6. Titchere - thishela 7. oa ka - wami 8. na le - ngine 9. Moithuti - umfundzi 10. Ngoanana  - Intfombatane. LEVEL 14 1. Ba na le bese e ncha. -  Banebhasi lensha. 2. Re na le sethunya. - Sinesibhamu. 3.  O na le chelete. - Unemali. 4. O ne a pathahane. - Bekamatasatasa. 5. Ba ne ba bapala. -Bebadlala. 6. Tumelo o ne a pheha. - Tumelo bekapheka. 7. ...
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SESOTHO & SISWATI TOUR LEVEL 1 to 10

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  LEVEL 1 1. Dumela . Sawubona. 2. Dumela! - ebo (yebo) 3. Dumelang. - Sanibonani. 3. U phela jwang? - Unjani? 4. Le phela joang? - Ninjani? 5. Kea dumelisa. - ngiyakuvusela. 6. Kea leboha. - ngiyabonga. LEVEL 2 1. Kea phela. - ngiyaphila. 2. Ke phela hantle. - Ngiphila kahle. 3. Rea phela. - siyaphila. 4. Lebitso la hao  ke mang? - Ungubani libito lakho? 5. Lebitso la ka ke Thabo. -  Libito lami ngingu Thabo. 6. Sala hantle. - sala kahle. 7. U dula kae? - uhlalaphi? 8. U tsoa kae?. - udzabukaphi? 9.  U batla eng? - Ufunani? 10. Ke hloka thuso oa hao. - ngidzinga lusito lwakho. LEVEL 3 1. U robetse joang? - Ulele njani? 2.  U tsohile jwang? - Uvuke njani? 3.  Ke tla u bona hamorao. - ngitabuye ngikubone. 4.  Ke tla u bona haufinyane. - ngitakubona masinyane. 5. Ke tla u bona hosane. - ngitakubona kusasa. 6. Nthuse! - Ngisite. 7. Ka kopo o ka nthuta. - ngicela ungifumdzise. 8. Robala hantle. - Lala kahle. 9....
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100 MOST USEFUL SISWATI PHRASES

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  1.       Sawubona. ‘Hello.’(greet one person) 2.       Sanibonani. ‘Hello.’ (greet more than one person) 3.       Siyanivusela. ‘We greet you.’ 4.       Unjani? ‘How are you?’ 5.       Ngiyaphila. ‘I am fine.’ 6.       Ulele njani? ‘How did you sleep?’ 7.       Ngilele kahle. ‘I slept well.’ 8.       Uvuke njani? ‘How did you wake?’ 9.       Ngivuke kahle  ‘I wake up well.’ 10.   Lala kahle. ‘Sleep well.’ 11.   Hamba kahle. ‘Go well.’ 12.   Sala kahle. ‘Stay well.’ 13.   Ngitawubuye ngikubone. ‘I will see you later.’ 14.   Ubobavusela. ‘Greet them.’ 15.   Ngicela kubuta. ‘Please, may I ask.’ 16.   Ungubani libito lakho? ‘What is your name?’ 17.   Libito lami ngingu … ‘My name is …’ 18.   Wakaba...
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KEY TAKE AWAY FROM THE MASEKO PRAISE – SINANATELO

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 MASEKO- SINANATELO African surnames are rich with historical knowledge. This is because African surnames are accompanied by praises of that surname. The culture of formulating praises for each surname over the years has enabled Africans to preserved historical information which might have been lost over the years. One of those surnames is the Maseko surname. In this paper one will take a look at the Maseko surname and the historical information one get from its praise (sinanatelo). We will begin by taking a look at one of the Maseko praise. MASEKO Maseko, Ngcamane,                                                                       ...
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