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
|
Vocabulary
| dumela |
dumelang |
Hello/Good Morning/Afternoon
|
| tsoga |
tsile |
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
|
