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Days of the week in Setswana

What day is today?	Go labo kae gompieno?
Monday	Mosopologo
Tuesday	Labobedi
Wednesday	Laboraro
Thursday	Labone
Friday	Labotlhano
Saturday	Matlhatso
Sunday	Tshipi

How to describe weeks

This week	Beke ee
I have exams this week	Ke na le ditlhatlhobo ka Labotlhano beke ee
Next week	1) Beke ee tlang 2) Ee latelang
I will return next Saturday	Ke tla boa ka matlhatso a beke e tlang
Last week	Beke ee fetileng
She went shopping last week Monday	O ne a ile go reka ka mosupologo wa beke e fetileng

A sample sentence

I need to travel to Johannesburg on Tuesday because I have another flight on the same day and I would arrive in the America on the following Wednesday	Ke tshwanetse go tsaya loeto go ya Johannesburg ka Labobedi, ka gore ka lone tsatsi leo, ke tshwanetse go pagama sefofane se sengwe, mme ke ya go goroga ko America laboraro oo latelang.

Learn Setswana

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Setswana

Family
How can you describe your family in Setswana?

Numbers
How to count in Setswana

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Setswana

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

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

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

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

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

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

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Setswana

Phrases
Extra phrases in Setswana that may be handy

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