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Old 05-31-2006, 06:34 AM
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Default How can I learn Tsonga in Boulder, Colorado? I'm traveling to South Africa and would like to speak a little.

I'm having a hard time even finding the language spoken where I'll be in South Africa - the Agincourt field site in Limpopo Province. From a language map I found online, it appears to be Xitsonga. Can anyone help?
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Old 05-31-2006, 06:38 AM
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U can call up the embassy and ask 4 institutions that offer this language.
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Old 05-31-2006, 06:47 AM
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Xitsonga
here u go thats some of the website the links below,
sheesh good luck, it looks difficult


Greeting
Hello - Avuxeni
How are you? - Ku njhani?
I am fine. - Ndzi kona.
I am fine, thank you. - Ndzi kona ndza nkhensa.
Goodbye - Sala kahle.
Good luck - Ndzi ku navelela mikateko.
Have a safe journey. - Famba hi ku rhula.

Expressions
yes - Ina
no - E-e
please - Ndza kombela
thank you very much - ndzi khense ngopfu
help - ndzi pfuneni
danger - khombo
emergency - xihatla
excuse me - ndzi khomeli
I love you. - Ndza ku rhandza

Questions / sentences
Do you accept (credit cards/traveler's cheques)? - Xana am amukela (makhadi ya xikweleti/ticheke ta vaendzi)?
How much is this? - Xana i mali muni?
What are you doing? - Xana u endla yini?
What is the time? - Xana i nkarhi muni?
Where are you going? - Xana u ya kwihi?

Numbers
1 - one - n'we
2 - two - mbirhi
3 - three - nharhu
4 - four - mune
5 - five - ntlhanu
6 - six - tsevu
7 - seven - nkombo
8 - eight - nhungu
9 - nine - kaye
10 - ten - khume
11 - eleven - khume n'we
12 - twelve - khume mbirhi
13 - thirteen - khume nharhu
14 - fourteen - khume mune
15 - fifteen - khume ntlhanu
20 - twenty - makumembirhi
21 - twenty one - makumembirhi n'we
22 - twenty two - makumembirhi mbirhi
30 - thirty - makumenharhu
50 - fifty - makume ntlhanu
100 - hundred - dzana
1000 - thousand - gidi

Computers and Internet terms
computer - khompyutha
e-mail - e-mail
e-mail address - adirese ya e-mail
Internet - Internete
Internet café - Khefi ya Internete
website - website
website address - adirese ya website
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Old 05-31-2006, 02:31 PM
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don't worry to much about that, most ppl speak english there anyway.
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Old 05-31-2006, 07:58 PM
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dont bother, everyone speak perfectly good english
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Old 06-01-2006, 01:00 AM
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I think getting an English/Xitsonga dictionary will give you even more hard time because correct pronounciation will be your next problem. More than 90% of South African citizens know English and you shouldn't have a problem. Otherwise you can practise the basics that Rummy have given you already.
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