Difference between revisions of "Greetings"
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=== Formal Greeting (singular)=== | === 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 | | A || Dumela rra || Hello Sir | ||
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=== Less Formal Greeting (plural)=== | === 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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| A || Boroko mma || Goodnight madam | | A || Boroko mma || Goodnight madam | ||
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Revision as of 11:19, 9 March 2007
This lesson teaches you to greet and understand greetings
Contents
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 |
