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Question Words in the Setswana

Who? What? When? Where? Why? And How Much?

Here are some useful question words to help you ask the right questions with people in Setswana Language.

Where?	Kae?
Where is Mpule’s house?	Ntlo ya ga Mpule e kae?
Where is this?	Ke fa kae?
When?	Leng?
When is Tshepo coming?	Tshepo o tla leng?
When will you travel?	O tsaya loeto leng?
How?	Jang?
How can I get to Ghanzi?	Ke tsamaya jang goya Ghanzi
How is your brother?	Mogoloo o tsogile jang?
What?	Eng?
What did you do?	O dirile eng?
Which?	Gofe
What land is mine?	Lefatshe lame ke lefe?
Who?	Ke mang?
Who is the traditional leader of this village?	Kgosi ya motse o ke mang?
Who did this?	Ke mang a dirileng se?
Why?	Ka goreng?
Why did he do this?	Ka goreng a dirile se?
Why is there no food?	Ka goreng go sena dijo?

How can you use "how much" to buy things?

How much?	Ke bo kae?
How much is this food?	Dijo tse ke bo kae?
How much is a ticket to Ncojane?	Ke bo kae sepalamo goya Ncojane?

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Greetings & Introductions
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Numbers
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Days of the week
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Months of the year
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Time Concepts
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Question Words
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Traveling
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Shopping
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Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

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Phrases
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