Lusito:Basic words in Swati (síNgísi)

Greetings

• Hello - Sawubona.
• How are you? - Unjani?
• I am fine. - Ngikhona/Ngiyaphila (directly translates to "I am here/I am well"
• I am fine, thank you. - Ngikhona, ngiyabonga
• Stay well - Sala kahle
• Travel Safely (As a goodbye) - Hamba Kahle
• Good evening - Lishonile
• Good luck - ngikufisela inhlanhla
• Have a safe journey. - Ube (singular) / Nibe (plural) neluhambo loluphephile/uhambe kahle(sing.)/nihambe kahle(plur.)

Expressions - Tincazelo

• yes - yebo
• no - cha
• please - ngiyacela
• thank you - ngiyabonga
• you're welcome - wamukelekile *[Clarification: this is not used in response to "thank you" as in the American-English tradition, but is used as a hospitable greeting or response; e.g. "You are welcome here."]
• help - sita (singular) / sitani (plural)/lusito(noun)
• danger - ingoti
• emergency - simo lesibucayi/lesisheshako
• excuse me - lucolo
• come here - wota lapha
• I am sorry. - Ngiyacolisa
• I love you. - Ngiyakutsandza
• happy birthday - lusuku lwekutalwa loluhle
• merry christmas - khisimusi lomuhle
• good luck - ngikufisela inhlanhla.

Questions / sentences

• Do you accept (credit cards/traveler's cheques)? - Uyawavuma (emakhadi etikweledi/emasheke etivakashi)?
• How much is this? - Kubita malini loku?
• I want ... - Ngifuna...
• What? - utsini?
• What are you doing? - Wentani?
• What is the time? - Ngicela sikhatsi?or sikhatsini?
• Where are you going? - Uya kuphi?
• Where is ...? - Ukuphi ...? (In terms of name)

Where is ...? - Ikuph ...? (Item/place)

• I don't know - Angati
• I come from ... - Ngibuya e(place) ...

Numbers | Tinombolo

• 1. - one - kunye
• 2. - two - kubili
• 3. - three - kutsatfu
• 4. - four - kune
• 5. - five - kusihlanu
• 6. - six - kusitfupha
• 7. - seven - kusikhombisa
• 8. - eight - kusiphohlongo
• 9. - nine - kuyimfica
• 10. - ten - kulishumi
• 11. - eleven - lishumi nakunye
• 12. - twelve - lishumi nakubili
• 13. - thirteen - lishumi nakutsatfu
• 14. - fourteen - lishumi nakune
• 15. - fifteen - lishumi nesihlanu
• 20. - twenty - emashumi lamabili
• 21. - twenty one - emashumi lamabili nakunye
• 22. - twenty two - emashumi lamabili nakubili
• 50. - fifty - emashumi lasihlanu
• 100. - hundred - likhulu
• 1000. - thousand - inkhulungwane
• 100000. - hundred thousand - likhulu letinkhulungwane
• 1000000. - million - sigidzi

Computers and Internet terms

(The following words are Loanwords|Mabitomfutiselo)

• computer - ngcondvomshini
• e-mail - i-imeyili/liposi lembane
• Internet - i-inthanethi
• Internet café - likhefi le-inthanethi
• website - i-webhusayithi

Colours | Imibala

• black - mnyama
• blue - luhlata lwesibhakabhaka
• red - bovu
• brown - bubendze
• green - uluhlata (satjani)
• grey - mphunga
• gold - golide
• yellow - mtfubi
• white - mhlophe
• purple - bukhwebeletane

Days and months| Malanga netinyanga

• today - namuhla
• yesterday - itolo
• tomorrow - kusasa
• next week - liviki lelitako
• last week - liviki leliphelile
• next month - inyanga letako
• last month - inyanga lephelile

• Monday - Umsombuluko
• Tuesday - Lesibili
• Wednesday - Lesitsatfu
• Thursday - Lesine
• Friday - Lesihlanu
• Saturday - Umgcibelo
• Sunday - Lisontfo

• January - Bhimbidvwane
• February - Indlovana
• March - Indlovulenkhulu
• April - Mabasa
• May - Inkhwekhweti
• June - Inhlaba
• July - Kholwane
• August - Ingci
• September - Inyoni
• October - Imphala
• November - Lweti
• December - Ingongoni

Body parts | Titfo temtimba

• eyes - emehlo
• face - buso
• nose - imphumulo/likhala
• teeth - ematinyo
• elbow - ingcosa
• hand - sandla
• fingers - tingalo
• penis - ligwayi/umpipi
• leg - umlente
• knee - lidvolo
• vagina - sibumbu
• brain - ingcondvo
• head - inhloko
• mouth - umlomo
• anus - indunu/umdzidzi