Setswana Language

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I You It you (formal) You (plural) We	Nna Wena Yone Wena Lona Rona
To be Can To have To say To go To know To want To use To do	Go nna Nka Go nna le Go bua Go tsamaya Go itsi Go batla Go dirisa Go dira

Some phrases using the verbs

I did not do anything	Ga kea dira sepe
He use a laptop	Ke dirisitse se bala makgolo
I'm not going outside with you	Ga keye ko ntle le wena
I do my things	Ke dira dilo tsame
I did not say that	Ga ke a bua jalo
Do you have money?	O nale madi?

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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