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=== Formal Greeting (singular)===
 
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| A ||  Dumela rra  ||  Hello Sir
 
| A ||  Dumela rra  ||  Hello Sir
 
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=== Less Formal Greeting (singular)===
 
=== Less Formal Greeting (singular)===
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| A ||  Dumela rra  ||  Hello Sir
 
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=== Less Formal Greeting (plural)===
 
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| A ||  Dumelang,  le kae? / lo kae?||  Hello, how are you ? (plural)
 
| A ||  Dumelang,  le kae? / lo kae?||  Hello, how are you ? (plural)
 
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=== Informal Greeting (singular)===
 
=== Informal Greeting (singular)===
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| A ||  Wa reng ?||  What's up ? [literally "what do you say"]
 
| A ||  Wa reng ?||  What's up ? [literally "what do you say"]
 
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=== Goodbye===
 
=== Goodbye===
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| A ||  (Go siame rra) sala sentle||  (OK sir) Goodbye [literally "stay well"]
 
| A ||  (Go siame rra) sala sentle||  (OK sir) Goodbye [literally "stay well"]
 
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=== Informal Goodbye===
 
=== Informal Goodbye===
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| A ||  Boroko mma ||  Goodnight madam
 
| A ||  Boroko mma ||  Goodnight madam
 
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Revision as of 12:19, 9 March 2007

This lesson teaches you to greet and understand greetings

Formal Greeting (singular)

A Dumela rra Hello Sir
B Dumela mma, o tsogile jang ? Hello madam, how are you ? [literally "how did you wake up"]
A Ke tsogile sentle, wena o tsogile jang ? I am fine, how are you ?
B Ke tsogile sentle I am fine

As an alternative to "tsogile" (woke up) in the afternoon "tlhotse" (spent the day), and in the early morning "robetse" (slept) can be used.

Less Formal Greeting (singular)

A Dumela rra Hello Sir
B Dumela mma, o kae? Hello madam, how are you ? [literally "where are you"]
A Ke teng, wena o kae ? I am fine, how are you ?
B Ke teng I am fine

Less Formal Greeting (plural)

A Dumelang, le kae? / lo kae? Hello, how are you ? (plural)
B Re teng We are fine

Informal Greeting (singular)

A Wa reng ? What's up ? [literally "what do you say"]
B Go sharpu OK

Goodbye

A (Go siame rra) sala sentle (OK sir) Goodbye [literally "stay well"]
B (Go siame mma) tsamaya sentle (OK madam) Goodbye [literally "leave well"]

Informal Goodbye

A Boroko mma Goodnight madam
B Robala sentle rra Sleep well sir
- Re tlaa bonana We will see each other

Vocabulary

dumela dumelang Hello/Good Morning/Afternoon
tsoga tsogile wake/woke up
tlhola tlhotse spend/spent the day
robala robetse sleep/slept
sala - stay
tsamaya - leave/go
bonana - see each other
botoka - better
go siame - its OK/fine
sharpu - OK (slang)
jang ? - how
kae ? - where
boroko - good night
koko - knock-knock
teng - there/around/available
sentle - well/good