Looking for practical Swati to Swahili phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Swati phrase first, then the Swahili translation (Swahili) — 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 Swahili.
Tip: focus on one section per day (travel Monday, dining Tuesday, and so on) if you are preparing for a Swahili-speaking trip in a few weeks.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Sawubona
Habari
Ngiyabonga
Asante
Siyaphila
Habari ya asubuhi
Siyaphila
Habari ya mchana
Siyaphila
Habari ya jioni
Lalani kahle
Usiku mwema
Sizobonana
Tutaonana baadaye
Hamba kahle
Kwaheri
Ubani igama lakho?
Jina lako nani?
Igama lami nguJohn
Jina langu ni John
Unjani?
Habari gani?
Kuhle ukuhlangana nawe
Nafurahi kukutana na wewe
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Ukhuluma ngesiNgisi?
Unazungumza Kiingereza?
Angikhulumi kahle ngesiHindi.
Sizungumza Hindi vizuri.
Angiqondi.
Sielewi.
Ngiyacela, khuluma kancane.
Tafadhali ongea polepole.
Ungakuphindze lokho?
Unaweza kusema tena?
Iphi indlu yangasese?
Choo kiko wapi?
Ngiyawufika kanjani emkhatsini?
Ninafika vipi katikati ya jiji?
Phendukela kwesobunxele.
Geuka kushoto.
Phendukela kwesokudla.
Geuka kulia.
Hamba phambili.
Nenda moja kwa moja.
Kubiza malini?
Nauli ni kiasi gani?
Ithikithi linye, ngiyacela.
Tiketi moja, tafadhali.
Kude lapha?
Je, ni mbali na hapa?
Ngilahlekile.
Nimepotea.
Ngingathenga kuphi ikhadi le-SIM?
Ninaweza kununua kadi ya SIM wapi?
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Yebo
Ndio
Cha
Hapana
Mhlawumbe
Pengine
Ngiyavuma
Ninakubaliana
Ngiyaphikisa
Sikubaliani
Lokho kuhle
Inasikika vizuri
Ucabanga ukuthini?
Unafikiriaje?
Ungangisiza?
Unaweza kunisaidia?
Ngidinga usizo
Nahitaji msaada
Linda umzuzu
Subiri kidogo
Ngiyaxolisa
Ninasikitika
Akukho nkinga
Hakuna shida
Siyabonga
Hongera
Siyavuma usuku lokuzalwa
Siku ya kuzaliwa njema
Uhambe kahle
Safari njema
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.
Kuphi isiteshi sebhasi?
Kituo cha treni kiko wapi?(ku-pee ee-see-tay-shee seh-bah-see)
Kuphi umphakatsi webhasi?
Kituo cha basi kiko wapi?(ku-pee oom-pah-kah-tsee weh-bah-see)
Iyiphi i-platform?
Ni jukwaa gani?(ee-yee-pee ee-platform)
Ngasiphi isikhathi iyahamba?
Inatoka saa ngapi?(ngah-see-pee ee-see-kah-thee ee-yah-hah-mba)
Ngabe le yindlela efanele?
Je, hii ndiyo njia sahihi?(ngah-beh leh een-dleh-lah eh-fah-neh-leh)
Kusondela lapha
Iko karibu hapa(koo-son-deh-lah lah-pah)
Kude lapha
Iko mbali na hapa(koo-deh lah-pah)
Ungangikhombisa emmaphweni?
Unaweza kunionesha kwenye ramani?(oon-gah-nee-khom-bee-sah em-mah-poh-nee)