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Greetings in 24 languages Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Basic greeting in other languages

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

English

Person: Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening.
Your reply: Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening.
Person: How are you?
Your reply: I'm fine and you?
Person: I'm fine.

IsiZulu

Person: Sawubona (singular), Sanibonani (plural).
Your reply: Yebo.
Person: Unjani (singular), Ninjani (plural).
Your reply: Ngiyaphila (singular), Siyaphila (plural).

SeSotho

Person: Dumela (singular), Dumelang (plural).
Your reply: Ahe
Person: Lekae?
Your reply: Reteng

SeTswana

Person: Thobela
Your reply: Thobela
Person: Ophetse yang? (singular), Liphetse yang? (plural)
Your reply: Ke phetse sentle? (singular), Lena le phetse yang? (plural)

Tsonga

Person: Avuxeni
Your reply: Avuxeni
Person: Kunjhani? (singular), Minjhani? (plural)
Your reply: Ndzi pfukile wena? (singular), mipfukile wena? (plural)

Tshi Venda

Person: Ndi matsheloni (morning), ndi masiari (afternoon), ndi madekwana (evening)
Your reply: Ndi matshe­loni, ndi masiari, ndi madekwana
Person: Hurini?
Your reply: ndi hone inwi?

IsiXhosa

Person: Molo (singular), Molweni (plural)
Your reply: Ewe ke
Person: Unjani? (singula), Ninjani (plural)?
Your reply: Ndiyaphila wena unjani (singular), Siyaphila nina ninjani? (plural)