Textbook vocab Flashcards
to rise
go tsoga, tsogile
how
jang
here, there
teng
to come from
go tswa
to go
go ya
to remain
go sala, setse
to be sick
go lwala, lwetse
to spend the day
go tlhôla, tlhotse
alright
go siame
How are you (How do/did you rise)?
O tsoga/tsogile jang?
I am well (I rise/rose well)
Ke tsoga/tsogile sintlê.
How are you (Where are you)?
O kaè? Le kaè?
I am well (I am here)
Ke teng
I am not well, I am sick
Ga ke tsoge sintle, ke a lwala
How are you (How did you spend the day)?
O tlhotse jang?
I am well (I spent the day well)
Ke tlhotse sintlê
Where are you going?
O ya kaè?
I am going to Gaborone.
Ke ya Gaborone.
Where are you coming from?
O tswa kaè?
I am coming from Francistown.
Ke tswa Francistown.
Goodbye (go well)
Tsamaya sintlê
Goodbye (stay well)
Sala sintlê
OK, alright
Go siame
assistant
mothusi, bathusi
person
motho, batho
cook
moapei, baapei
builder
moagi, baagi
shepherd
modisa, badisa
minister of religion
moruti, baruti
to plant
go lema, lemile (limile)
this and that
sele le sele
seme
to pick up
go sêla, sêdile/sêtse
Tamira o sêdile ditoy tsa ga Nzila?
O sêtse madi ao kae?
to land, fall, drop by
(used figuratively)
go wêla, wetse
shirt
hêmpê, dihêmpê
zero, nothing
(for no good reason)
lehêla
lefêla (?)
church
kêrêkê, dikêrêkê
nyena