Looking for practical Swati to Kiga phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Swati 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 Swati 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.
Sawubona
Okwagala
Ngiyabonga
Webale
Siyaphila
Osiibye bulungi
Siyaphila
Osiibye bulungi
Siyaphila
Osiibye bulungi
Lalani kahle
Osiibye bulungi
Sizobonana
Tugenda okukutana
Hamba kahle
Nkwagala
Ubani igama lakho?
Erinnya lyo ani?
Igama lami nguJohn
Erinnya lyange nze John
Unjani?
Oli otya?
Kuhle ukuhlangana nawe
Nneebwanga okukuyita
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Ukhuluma ngesiNgisi?
Oli muwandiika kiingereza?
Angikhulumi kahle ngesiHindi.
Sikuwandiika Hindi bulungi.
Angiqondi.
Sikuganya.
Ngiyacela, khuluma kancane.
Nkwenda okwandiika bulungi.
Ungakuphindze lokho?
Osobola okuwandiika ekyo na?
Iphi indlu yangasese?
Ekitanda kiki?
Ngiyawufika kanjani emkhatsini?
Nkwenda otya mu kiti?
Phendukela kwesobunxele.
Genda ku kkono.
Phendukela kwesokudla.
Genda ku ddyo.
Hamba phambili.
Genda mu maaso.
Kubiza malini?
Ekitundu kiki?
Ithikithi linye, ngiyacela.
Ekitanda emu, nyamba.
Kude lapha?
Kiki ekitundu okuva wano?
Ngilahlekile.
Ndi mu kwegendereza.
Ngingathenga kuphi ikhadi le-SIM?
Nkwenda kutuuka wa SIM card?
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Yebo
Eee
Cha
Oya
Mhlawumbe
Wali
Ngiyavuma
Ndiinze
Ngiyaphikisa
Sindiinze
Lokho kuhle
Ekitanga kiza
Ucabanga ukuthini?
Oteka ki?
Ungangisiza?
Okwetegera?
Ngidinga usizo
Nfuna okwetegera
Linda umzuzu
Leka akaseke
Ngiyaxolisa
Ndi mwefwe
Akukho nkinga
Tera kintu
Siyabonga
Nkwagala
Siyavuma usuku lokuzalwa
Okwagala omwaka omukya
Uhambe kahle
Okwetegera mu nsi
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.
Kuphi isiteshi sebhasi?
Eri heza y'ekitabo?(Eri heza y'ekitabo?)
Kuphi umphakatsi webhasi?
Eri heza y'ekibuga?(Eri heza y'ekibuga?)
Iyiphi i-platform?
Ekiyungiriro ki?(Ekiyungiriro ki?)
Ngasiphi isikhathi iyahamba?
Ekitonde ki?(Ekitonde ki?)
Ngabe le yindlela efanele?
Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?(Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?)
Kusondela lapha
Eri wansi wano(Eri wansi wano)
Kude lapha
Eri kure wano(Eri kure wano)
Ungangikhombisa emmaphweni?
Oyinza okundabira ku karita?(Oyinza okundabira ku karita?)
Misa lapha, ngiyacela
Mugume wano, nyabo(Mugume wano, nyabo)
Kuthathe isikhathi esingaki?
Ekitanga ki?(Ekitanga ki?)
Shopping and dining
Ordering food, asking prices, paying the bill, and shopping at markets or stores.
Kubiza malini le?
Ekitanga ki?(ekitanga ki)
Lokhu kubiza kakhulu
Ekitanga ky'ekikula(ekitanga ky'ekikula)
Unayo yini leyo ephansi?
Oli n'ekintu ekirungi?(oli n'ekintu ekirungi)
Ngiyakwazi ukukhokha ngekhadi?
Nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi?(nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi)
Ngithanda itafula lababili
Nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri(nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri)