Setswana

Welcome to Setswana Saturdays!

Yup, you read that correctly! Every Saturday this month you will find a Setswana language lesson posted aqui (here in spanish)!

Today’s lesson: Greetings

Greetings are one of the most important tidbits of this culture you need to know before visiting Botswana.

If you need help with directions or have a complaint, your voice will NOT be heard until you say hello!

Now I’m going to list some key words and their translation. Then we will start with a very simple dialogue.

Hello = Dumela ( talking to a group of men)

Women = Bomma ( talking to a group of women)

Men = Borra

and = le (sounds like “lay”)

How are you = O tsogile jang? ( tsogile sounds like ” So He Lay”)

I am well = Ke tsogile sentle (sentle sounds like “Sen clay”)

I = Ke (sounds like “KAY”)

Wena = You ( or And you?) ( Sounds like “Way Nah”)

Ms/Mrs. = Mme ( sounds like “mmmmMay”)

Sir/Mr. = Rra ( sounds like “Rah”)

Good bye = Gosiame (sounds like “Ho See Ah may)

Very simple dialogue below…next week we shall build!

Male : Dumela Mma!

Female: Dumela Rra!

Male: O tsogile jang?

Female: Ke tsogile sentle. Wena, O tsogile jang?

Male: Ke tsogile sentle. Gosiame Mme.

Female: Gosiame Rra!

Did you follow that? It’s really simple right? Good job!

Now…how would you have the same conversation but with a group of men or women?

Leave the answer in the comments down below!

See you tomorrow. Gosiame!

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