Looking for practical Sesotho to Tamazight (Tifinagh) phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Sesotho phrase first, then the Tamazight (Tifinagh) translation (Tamazight (Tifinagh)) — 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 Tamazight (Tifinagh).
Tip: focus on one section per day (travel Monday, dining Tuesday, and so on) if you are preparing for a Tamazight (Tifinagh)-speaking trip in a few weeks.
Bookmark this page for offline review, share it with a travel buddy, or open the Sesotho to Tamazight (Tifinagh) translator to paste your own messages and get an instant translation.
Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Lumelang
ⵣⵓⵍ(zul)
Kea leboha
ⵏⵉⵖⵉⵏ(nighin)
Dumelang
ⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵎⵓⵙ(isin immus)
Molo
ⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⵏⵉⵙ(isin inis)
Dumelang
ⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⵏⵉⵙ(isin inis)
Borai
ⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⵏⵉⵙ(isin inis)
Re tla kopana hamorao
ⵉⵎⵎⵓⵙ ⵏⵉⵖⵉⵏ(immus nighin)
Tsamaya hantle
ⵙⵉⵏⵉⵏ(sinin)
O na le lebitso lefe?
ⵉⵙ ⵉⵏⵉⵙ ⵅⵉⵙ?(is inis his?)
Lebitso la ka ke John
ⵉⵙ ⵏⵉⵙ ⵊⵓⵏ(is inis John)
O kae?
ⵉⵙ ⵏⵉⵖⵉⵏ?(is nighin?)
Ke thabela ho kopana le wena
ⵉⵙ ⵏⵉⵖⵉⵏ(is nighin)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Na u bua Senyesemane?
ⴰⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⵏⵖⵉⵍⵉⵏ?(amun issin inghilin?)
Ke sitwa ho bua Hindi hantle
ⴰⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵉⵏ ⵃⵉⵏⴷⵉ ⵉⵏⵖⵉⵍⵉⵏ(amun issin Hindi inghilin)