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Lesson 9 of 10

Time and days in Zulu

Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. 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.

Pietermaritzburg City Hall in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Time and days
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Johan Pretorius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Zulu phrases in this lesson

ManjeMAN-je
Now

At the present moment.

Kamuvaka-MOO-va
Later

Later or afterwards.

Namuhlana-MOO-hla
Today

The present day.

Kusasakoo-SA-sa
Tomorrow

The day after today.

Namhlanje ebusukunam-HLAN-jeh eh-boo-SOO-koo
Tonight
Nini?NEE-ni
When?
Ivula ngasiphi isikhathi?ee-VOO-la nga-SEE-phi ee-si-KHAH-thi
What time does it open?
Umzuzwana, ngiyacelaoom-zoo-ZWAH-na ngi-ya-CEH-la
One moment, please
Imizuzuee-mi-ZOO-zoo
Minutes
Amahoraa-ma-HOH-ra
Hours

Where Zulu is spoken

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