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Talking about your family (Ba lolwapa) in Setswana

The Family	Ba lolwapa
Mother	Mme
Father	Ntate
Parents	Batsadi
Sister	Kgaitsadiaake (wa mosetsana)
Brother	Kgaitsadiake (wa mosimane)
Son	Mosimane
Daugther	Mosetsana
Husband	Mogatsake (monna)
Wife	Mogatsake (mosadi)
Aunt	Rakgadi
Uncle	Malome
Grandmother	Nkuku
Grandfather	Ntate mogolo

How to talk about your family with examples in the plural case

My children	Bo ngwanake
His parents	Batsadi ba gagwe
Your wives	Basadi ba gago
The women here do not speak Portuguese	1) Mme yo o fa gaa bue sekgowa 2) Mosadi yo o fa gaa bue sekgow

How to talk about your family with examples in the singular case

My wife is at the farm	Mosadi wame ke molemi morui
Your husband speaks too much	1) Monna wa gago o bua thata 2) Rre wa gago o bua thata
The>uncle of the neighbour has a lot of girlfriends	Molome wa moagisanyi o nale bakapelo ba bantsi
Our daughter is cooking dikgobe/td>	Ngwana wa rona wa mosetsana o apeile dikgobe

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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