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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Zulu
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Zulu words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Zulu phrases in this lesson
- Itafula labantu ababiliee-TAH-foo-la la-BAN-too a-ba-BEE-li
- A table for two
- Ngicela imenyungi-CE-la ee-MEN-yoo
- The menu, please
- Uncoma ini?oon-COH-ma EE-ni
- What do you recommend?
- Angidli...an-GI-dli
- I don't eat...
- Ngine-aleji ku...ngi-neh a-LEH-ji koo
- I'm allergic to...
- Inyamaee-NYA-ma
- Meat
- Inkukhueen-KOO-khoo
- Chicken
- Inhlanzieen-HLAN-zi
- Fish
- Kumnandikoom-NAN-di
- It's delicious
- Impilo!im-PI-lo
- Cheers
Imenyu is a borrowed word for menu. The c marks a dental click.
A word for meat.
Can describe something pleasant or tasty.
Literally health or life, used as a toast.