Riguda Tshivenda

Tshivenda is a very simple language. Most people think you first have to be educated before you can speak Tshivenda which is not true.
Tshivenda ndi Luambo lu leluwaho vhukuma. Vhathu vhanzhi vha humbula uri khamusi u amba Tshivenda zwi tea u thoma zwa yelwa tshikoloni.

These are the words you can strat with

Ndaa: Hello (said by a man)
Aa: hello (said by a woman)
Ndi matsheloni: morning
Ndi matsheloni avhudi: Good morning
Hu ita hani: How are you/ How zit
Ndo vuwa: I am fine /I am okay

Mulovha: Yesterday
Namusi: Today
Matshelo: Tomorrow
Mbamatshelo: day after tomorrow
Mbamulovha: day before yesterday

Dzina lanu ndi nnyi: What is your name
Dzina langa ndi Patrick: my name is Patrick
Langa ndi tshidino: my name is Tshidino

Idai: come
tuwani: go
mutukana: a boy
vhatukana: boys
musidzana: a girl
vhasidzana: girls
musadzi: a woman
vhasadzi: women
munna: a man
vhanna: men
mukegulu: an old woman
vhakegulu: old women
mukalaha: old man
vhakalaha: old men
makhulu tshinna: grandfather
makhulu tshidadzi: grandmother
tshikolo: school
zwikolo: schools
yunivesithi: University
gudedzi/kholidzhi: college
nwana: baby/kid/child
kwata: angry

jump: fhufha
hangwa: forget
runda: urinate
see: vhona
king: khosi
makhulu tshinna: grand father
makhulu tshisadzi: grand mother
mavu: soil
bammbiri: paper
tshilonda: sore
khofheni: face
maraho: buttocs
vhurukhu: trousers
tshikhipha: T-shirt
hemmbe: shirt
badzhi: jucket
mavhudzi: hair
mato: eyes
ningo: nose
mulomo: mouth

ndala: hungry
vhona: see
thetshelesa: hear/listen
kwama: touch
hwala: carry
humbula: think/remember
thetshela: taste
vhudzekani: sex
nwa: drink
tshimbila: walk
gidima: run
la: eat
binya: rape
thambulo: suffering
pfuma: rich
poor: tambula
runda: urinate

meme(dza mulomo): lips (of mouth)
dzula: sit
chudzulo: seat
tshidulo: chair
hembela: ask
dzima: refuse/deny
tumba: squat
raha: kick
kanda: trap
gidima: run
tshimbila: walk
mudi: home
nndu: house
tshitanga: kitchen
thanga: roof(of a house)
damu: breast
tshienda: shoe(s)
bunga: toilet
mulindi/dindi: pit/hole
liutingo: phone
thumbu: stomach or pregnancy
ndebvu: beards
phanda: forehead
vhudzimu: genitals(man/woman)

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