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How to greet and introduce yourself in Chokwe

Hi! -- - Response	1) Kuchi! 2) Menekenu! -- - Mwane
Good Morning	Chimene Chipema
Good Afternoon -- Good Night	Chingoloshi Chipema -- Ufuku Upema
See you -- See you later	Ndo shimbu yikehe -- Ndo shimbu yikwo
See you tomorrow	Ndo hamene
Have a nice day	Tangwa lipema
Have a nice trip	Ungweji upema
Goodbye	Salenu Kanawa
What is your name?	Jina lie yena iya?
My name is ____	1) Jina liami ___ 2) Yami ___
Where are you from?	Kuli wa twama?
I am from ____	Yami nathuama mu ____
Nice to meet you!	Yami nguanzanga kukuninguika!
How old are you?	Miaka ingahi uli nayo?
I am ___ years old	Yami nguli nyi ___ ya miaka

How to check if someone is okay

How are you? -- Whats up? -- You good?	Nuahinduka? -- Kuchi nuli? -- Kanawa?
I'm okay -- We are okay	Nguli kanawa -- Tuli kanawa
I'm great	1) Nguli kwami kanawa 2) Nguli wape
I'm so so	Hamwe ha kehe
I'm not good	Chishi kwanawa
I'm tired	Nguna hongo
I'm sick	1) Ngunayiza 2) Ngunassaloka
I'm a bit sick (but recovering)	Nguli yimwe ndambu
Did you sleep well?	1) Wapomba kanawa? 2) Kuchi wa pomba?
I slept well	Yami napomba kanawa
I did not sleep well	Yami tchabombele kanawa
I slept so so	Yami nabombele ndambu
What are you up to?	Yika una linga
What will you do?	Yika muringa
I'm resting	Nguna uwima
I'm working	Nguna kalakala
I'm not doing anything	Chisolo curinga ne chimwe

Learn Chowke

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Chokwe

Family
How can you describe your family in Chokwe?

Numbers
How to count in Chokwe?

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Chokwe?

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Chokwe

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Chokwe

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Chokwe

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Chokwe

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music and videos in Chokwe

Phrases
Extra phrases in Chokwe that may be handy

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