Looking for practical Sinhala to Tsonga phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Sinhala phrase first, then the Tsonga translation (Tsonga) — 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 Tsonga.
Tip: when a Tsonga phrase looks unfamiliar, compare it with the Sinhala wording — noticing word order differences helps you understand grammar naturally.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
හෙලෝ
Xewani(Hello)
ස්තුතියි
Ndza khensa(sthuthiyi)
සුභ උදෑසනක්
Xewani xitulu(subha udæsanak)
සුභ පස්වරුක්
Xewani ntlhanu(subha paswaruk)
සුභ සවසක්
Xewani nhloko(subha sawasak)
සුභ රාත්රියක්
Xewani xihlayo(subha rathriyak)
පසුව හමුවෙමු
Tshamisa(pasuwa hamuwemu)
ගුඩ් බයි
Sala kahle(Goodbye)
ඔබගේ නම කුමක්ද?
U vitaniwani?(obagē nama kumakda)
මගේ නම ජෝන්
Ndzina i John(mage nama John)
ඔබට කොහොමද?
U njhani?(obata kohomada)
ඔබට හමුවී සතුටුයි
Ku rhandza ku hlangana na wena(obata hamuwi sathutuyi)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
ඔබට ඉංග්රීසි කතා කරන්න පුළුවන්ද?
U vulavula Xitsonga?(Obata ingreesi katha karanna puluwanda?)
මට හින්දි හොඳින් කතා කරන්න බැහැ
A ndzi vulavula Hindi kahle.(Mata hindi hondin katha karanna beha)
මට තේරෙන්නේ නැහැ
A ndzi twisisi.(Mata therenne na)
කරුණාකර මන්ද ගතව කතා කරන්න
Ndza kombela u vulavula hi ku hatlisa.(Karunakar mandagathawa katha karanna)
ඔබ එය නැවත කියන්න පුළුවන්ද?
U nga vula sweswo na ku tlhela?(Oba eya nawatha kiyanne puluwanda?)
සැලැස්ම කුඩා කාමරය කොහේද?
Xikombiso xihi?(Sælæsmakuda kamaraya kohēda?)
මට නගර මධ්යස්ථානයට කොහොමද යන්න?
Ndza famba njhani ku ya etikweni?(Mata nagara madhyasthanayata kohomada yanna?)