Greetings

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.

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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	Go jwang ?	How is it ?
B	Go sharpu	OK

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A	Wa reng ?	What's up ? [literally "what do you say"]
B	Ga ke re sepe (or Go sharpu)	OK [literally "I don't say anything"]

Entering a House

A	Ko ko!	Knock knock!
B	Tsena	Come in

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
ko-ko	-	knock-knock
teng	-	there/around/available
sentle	-	well/good