Difference between revisions of "Times of day"
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=== Times=== | === Times=== | ||
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| + | | ke robetse ka 11 maabane bosigo || I slept at 11 o'clock yesterday night | ||
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=== Examples=== | === Examples=== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:20, 2 June 2007
nako mang? = what time? ke nako mang ? = what time is it?
Times
| kgantele | a few moments/hours ago |
| gompieno | today |
| maabane | yesterday |
| kamoso | tomorrow |
| maloba | a few days/weeks/months ago |
| maloba a maabane | day before yesterday |
| beke e | this week |
| beke e e tlang | the week which is coming |
| beke e e fetileng | the week which is past |
| kgwedi | month |
| ngwaga | year |
| paka e selemo | summer |
| paka e mariga | winter |
| paka e letlhatula | harvest time |
Times of day
| phakela / mo mosong | morning |
| motshegare | day time |
| tshokologo | afternoon |
| maitseboa | evening |
| bosigo | night |
Telling the Time
| ke robetse ka 11 maabane bosigo | I slept at 11 o'clock yesterday night |
| x | x |
| x | x |
| x | x |
Examples
| x | x |
| x | x |
| x | x |
| x | x |
| x | x |