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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Zulu

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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.

The uMthoma boardwalk in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Zulu phrases in this lesson

Unayo...?oo-NAH-yo
Do you have...?

The agreement changes with the noun you name.

Iphi...?EE-phi
Where is...?

The agreement changes with the noun you name.

Kuvuliwekoo-voo-LEE-weh
Open
Kuvaliwekoo-va-LEE-weh
Closed
Isikhwama?ee-si-KHWAH-ma
A bag?

The cashier asking whether you need a bag.

Kubiza kakhulukoo-BEE-za ka-KHOO-loo
Too expensive
Ngibhukilengi-boo-KEE-leh
I have a reservation
Ingabe ibhulakufesi lifakiwe?een-GAH-beh ee-bhoo-la-koo-FEH-si li-fa-KEE-weh
Is breakfast included?
Ithini iphasiwedi ye-Wi-Fi?ee-THI-ni ee-pha-si-WEH-di yeh WAI-fai
What's the wifi password?
Ngingakwazi...?ngi-nga-KWAH-zi
Can I...?

Where Zulu is spoken

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