Looking for practical Dombe to Kiga phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Dombe phrase first, then the Kiga translation (Kiga) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Kiga.
Tip: read the Kiga line out loud three times, then cover the Dombe side and try to recall the meaning — repetition builds memory faster than silent reading.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Salibonani
Okwagala
Ngiyabonga
Webale
Ubusuku obuhle
Osiibye bulungi
Uhlanga oluhle
Osiibye bulungi
Ubusuku obuhle
Osiibye bulungi
Lala kahle
Osiibye bulungi
Siyaphinda
Tugenda okukutana
Hamba kahle
Nkwagala
Ubani igama lakho?
Erinnya lyo ani?
Igama lami nguJohn
Erinnya lyange nze John
Unjani?
Oli otya?
Ngiyajabula ukukwazi
Nneebwanga okukuyita
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Uta kuta chiRungu?
Oli muwandiika kiingereza?
Ndi ndakuta Hindi zvakanaka.
Sikuwandiika Hindi bulungi.
Ndi ndinzwisise.
Sikuganya.
Ndapota kuta zvishoma.
Nkwenda okwandiika bulungi.
Ungazvitaura zvakare?
Osobola okuwandiika ekyo na?
Chikamu chechimbuzi chiri kupi?
Ekitanda kiki?
Ndingasvika sei kumusoro kwekugara?
Nkwenda otya mu kiti?
Tendeuka kuruboshwe.
Genda ku kkono.
Tendeuka kurudyi.
Genda ku ddyo.
Enda mberi.
Genda mu maaso.
Mitero inodhura zvakadini?
Ekitundu kiki?
Tikiti imwe, ndapota.
Ekitanda emu, nyamba.
Iri kure here kubva pano?
Kiki ekitundu okuva wano?
Ndakanyura.
Ndi mu kwegendereza.
Ndingatenga sei kadhi reSIM?
Nkwenda kutuuka wa SIM card?
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Ehe
Eee
Aih
Oya
Zvichida
Wali
Ndinobvumirana
Ndiinze
Ndinopikisa
Sindiinze
Izvozvo zvinonzwika zvakanaka
Ekitanga kiza
Unofungei?
Oteka ki?
Unogona kundibatsira here?
Okwetegera?
Ndiri kuda rubatsiro
Nfuna okwetegera
Mirira kwechinguva
Leka akaseke
Ndine hurombo
Ndi mwefwe
Hapana dambudziko
Tera kintu
Makorokoto
Nkwagala
Makorokoto ezuva rekuzvarwa
Okwagala omwaka omukya
Iva nerwendo rwakanaka
Okwetegera mu nsi
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.
Kupi yehamba yechitima?
Eri heza y'ekitabo?(Eri heza y'ekitabo?)
Kupi yehamba yebhazi?
Eri heza y'ekibuga?(Eri heza y'ekibuga?)
Ndeipi chikuva?
Ekiyungiriro ki?(Ekiyungiriro ki?)
Ndeipi nguva inobva?
Ekitonde ki?(Ekitonde ki?)
Iyi ndiyo nzira yakarurama?
Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?(Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?)
Iri pedyo pano
Eri wansi wano(Eri wansi wano)
Iri kure nepanotangira
Eri kure wano(Eri kure wano)
Unogona kundiratidza pamepu?
Oyinza okundabira ku karita?(Oyinza okundabira ku karita?)
Mira pano, ndapota
Mugume wano, nyabo(Mugume wano, nyabo)
Inotora nguva yakareba?
Ekitanga ki?(Ekitanga ki?)
Shopping and dining
Ordering food, asking prices, paying the bill, and shopping at markets or stores.
Iri chingani?
Ekitanga ki?(ekitanga ki)
Iri kutengesa kwazvo
Ekitanga ky'ekikula(ekitanga ky'ekikula)
Une chimwe chiri kutengesa chiri pasi?
Oli n'ekintu ekirungi?(oli n'ekintu ekirungi)
Ndingabhadhara nekadhi here?
Nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi?(nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi)
Ndinoda tafura yevaviri
Nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri(nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri)