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Garden and Agriculture
To water 1,
Hole s 2,
Mouse mice 3
80  cards
Kitchen
Pot 1,
Stove 2,
Kettle 3
83  cards
Faith
Brother member brethren 1,
In the flesh 2,
To worship admire 3
38  cards
Transportation
By foot 1,
By plane 2,
By motorcycle 3
10  cards
Conjunctions, Adverbs Etc.
Because 1,
So that to come 2,
To you 3
76  cards
Ngempelasonto
At the horse racing 1,
Did you win a lot of money 2,
No i wasted i threw out my money 3
91  cards
Exam Instructions
Answer these questions 1,
The first one is done 2,
Complete these sentences 3
5  cards
eSoweto
Soweto is a big place 1,
In some places 2,
Shack s 3
25  cards
Character
Luck 1,
Kindness 2,
Patience 3
13  cards
Police and Crime
To catch 1,
Catch him 2,
My bad luck 3
54  cards
Emuva Kokuphuza Ikhofi...
Before getting up 1,
Coffee is brought by his wife 2,
By his wife short form 3
38  cards
Esitolo/ Shopping
In town 1,
I am going there 2,
I want to buy 3
61  cards
Introductions, Descriptions, Fact finding
To leave off stop 1,
To trouble 2,
To tease 3
177  cards
Neighbourhood
Car 1,
Truck 2,
Family 3
49  cards
Holidays at the Beach, Reserve etc.
Bathing costume 1,
Beach 2,
Boogie board 3
111  cards
Business
Director s 1,
Manager s 2,
They are at a meeting 3
18  cards
Health and Sickness
I am not able 1,
Rotten 2,
In the bed 3
200  cards
Weather
It s cloudy 1,
It s sunny 2,
It s foggy 3
30  cards
Zulu Culture
Zulu hut 1,
Bend and enter 2,
Witch or wizard s 3
35  cards
Phone Calls and Invitations
He is not here 1,
Please hold on a moment 2,
Congratulations 3
103  cards
Baba Wethu/ The Lord's Prayer
Our father in heaven 1,
Hallowed be thy name 2,
Thy kingdom come 3
13  cards
Verbs "ela"
Come out to in go out 1,
Arrange for prepare for book for 2,
Do for make for act for 3
23  cards
Commands
Kindle the fire 1,
Count 2,
Tie 3
22  cards
Noun Class 1 um(u) aba; u; o
Married woman s 1,
Cousin s 2,
Preacher s 3
46  cards
Verbs
To beget 1,
To cultivate 2,
To carve 3
78  cards
Making a Fire
Remove the ash 1,
Throw out the ash 2,
Fetch paper and firewood and coal 3
14  cards
Questions
What did the people see 1,
What did they do 2,
And what else 3
46  cards
Emaphandleni/ Rural Areas
To scold 1,
To tear 2,
Shade 3
68  cards
Ezokuvakasha/ Tourism
Howick 1,
At home i am reading this book 2,
Where are there waterfalls that y...
31  cards
House Fire
We see the homestead 1,
The homestead burns 2,
We also see people 3
9  cards
Esikoleni/ At School
Learn well students 1,
Don t beg me 2,
Who is making noise 3
106  cards
Expressions
Be undisciplined disrespectful 1,
To make people lose respect for y...,
To do in order to please 3
17  cards
Was it you?
It was me 1,
It was you 2,
It was he or she 3
18  cards
Alambile Amangundane
To increase 1,
Some cockroaches 2,
They are able to ama 3
69  cards
Noun Class 3, i ili ama
Hoe s 1,
Pipe smoke 2,
Candle s 3
43  cards
Noun Class 4, isi izi
Sand s 1,
Animal s 2,
Sore s 3
37  cards
Calendar
At sunrise 1,
At sunset 2,
At the beginning of the week 3
13  cards
Noun Class 5, in izin, im izim
Thing s 1,
House s 2,
Bird s 3
20  cards
Noun Class 6, u ulu, izin izim
Stick s 1,
Row list s 2,
Honey 3
22  cards
Noun Class 7, ubu
Face 1,
Bead s 2,
Beauty 3
15  cards
Noun Class 8, uku
comes from the verb
7  cards
eGaraji
To fill up 1,
To open 2,
To come closer 3
28  cards
Ejimini
Is everything going well 1,
No it is not going well 2,
I would like a temporary job 3
26  cards
Verbs beginning with vowels
To build 1,
To make do 2,
To refuse 3
15  cards
Verbs with one syllable
To stand 1,
To eat 2,
To hear 3
10  cards
Noun Class 2, umu imi
Finger s 1,
Leg s 2,
Tail s 3
39  cards
Giving Directions
Mother is going to have a party 1,
Her son got a bcom degree 2,
Helper 3
51  cards
Umlando/ Our History
He was born on 18 july 1918 1,
He was born in the transkei 2,
He grew up in qunu 3
48  cards
Sithenga Izingubo
I want to buy a dress 1,
Which size do you want 2,
I want size 34 3
47  cards
Adjectives
Wide 1,
Red 2,
Painful 3
24  cards
Bewukuphi Izolo?
Themba where were you yesterday 1,
I was at home 2,
I was sick 3
14  cards
iComrades
How was comrades 1,
It was difficult 2,
I thought that i will win 3
20  cards
Ngangingedwa oKhalamba
It was dark 1,
I was alone 2,
It was quiet 3
36  cards
Common Adjectives
Nice pretty beautiful 1,
Bad ugly 2,
Many 3
16  cards
Anginazo Izingubo Ezinhle
I will not go to the wedding 1,
You must go alone 2,
What are you saying 3
31  cards
Incwadi eya kuGogo
Everything went well 1,
We did not have any problems 2,
We saw many things along the way 3
22  cards
Emapulazini eNqutu
Storytales 1,
In fact 2,
Is a person who is sick 3
34  cards
Umdeni WakwaNdlovu
Orlando is in soweto 1,
Actually she is a nurse 2,
One girl 3
34  cards
Umsebenzi kaMama noBaba
Mother goes to work at different ...,
Sometimes she works in the day 2,
Some in the evening 3
36  cards
UDudu Ulahlekile
She is 4 years old 1,
Her mother does not agree 2,
The shop is not far 3
49  cards
Ngicela ukuya Ephathini
To patricia s party 1,
Can you get me there 2,
You crazy why 3
24  cards
Stative Verbs
Fat khuluphala 1,
Tired khathala 2,
Injured limala 3
16  cards
Ikhaya Lami
My room 1,
I decorate it nicely 2,
It is clean 3
21  cards

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