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Months of the year in Chokwe

Interesting fact: In the Chokwe culture, the year starts in September due to the start of the rainy season

What month is this?	Ka kweji muka tuli?
January	Kutano
February	Kusambano
March	Kushimbiali
April	Kunake
May	Kuvwa
June	Kakumi Mukehe
July	Kakumi Munene
August	Chimbejimbeji
September*	Kamoshi*
October	Kwaali
November	Kutatu
December	Kuwana

How to describe years

This year	Wuno mwaka
My birthday is in June this year	Tangwa liami liakusemuka lili mukakumi mukehe liami mwaka wuno
Next year	Wwaka hawu muwizoho
Next year in September the rainy season will start	Hawu mwaka muwizoho vula makaputuka mu kakweji wa kamoshi
Last year	Mwaka wapalika
We had carnival last year in Feburary	Tu nakapwa ni kusolola yako mwaka una wapalika mu kakweji wa kusambano

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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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