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How to greet and introduce yourself in Setswana

Welcome!	O amogelesegile!
Hi!	Dumela!
Good Morning	Moso o Montle
Good Afternoon	Tshokologo
Good Evening	Nna le bosigo jo bontle
Good Night	Robala sentle
See you -- See you later	Ke ago bona -- Ntla go bona moragonyana Ntla go bona kgantele
See you tomorrow	Ntla go bona kamoso
Have a nice day	Nna le letsatsi lele monate
Have a nice trip	Nna le mosepele o montle
Have a good weekend	Go siame

So how can you introduce yourself?

What is your name?	Leina la gago ke mang?
My name is ____	Leina lame ke ____
Where are you from?	O tswa kae?
I am from Angola	Ke tswa koo ____
I live in Benfica	Ame njikala ko Benfica
Nice to meet you	Go a itumedisa go kopana le wena
How old are you?	O na le dingwaga dile kae?
I am 10 years old	Kena le digwaga dile ____

How to check if someone is okay

How are you? Whats up? You good?	Ao siame? Go ntse jang? O siame?
I'm good We are good	Ke siame Re siame
I'm great	Ke motlotlo
I'm so so	Ke fagare
I'm not good	Ga kea itumela sentle
I could be better	Nkabo ke siame
I'm annoyed	Ga kea itumela
I'm tired	Ke lapile
I'm hungry	Ke tshwerwe ke tlala
I'm sick	Kea lwala
I'm a bit sick	Ke lwala gose kae
Did you sleep well?	O robetse sentle?
I slept well	Ke robetse sentle
I did not sleep well	Ga kea robala sentle

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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