Looking for practical Zulu to Kiga phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Zulu 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 Zulu 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
Sawubona
Osiibye bulungi
Good afternoon
Osiibye bulungi
Ubusuku obuhle
Osiibye bulungi
Lala kahle
Osiibye bulungi
Sizobonana
Tugenda okukutana
Hamba kahle
Nkwagala
Ubani igama lakho?
Erinnya lyo ani?
Igama lami nginguJohn
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.
Ukhuluma isiNgisi?
Oli muwandiika kiingereza?
Angikhulumi kahle isiHindi.
Sikuwandiika Hindi bulungi.
Angiqondi.
Sikuganya.
Ngiyacela, khuluma kancane.
Nkwenda okwandiika bulungi.
Ungakuphinda lokho?
Osobola okuwandiika ekyo na?
Iphi indlu yangasese?
Ekitanda kiki?
Ngiyawufika kanjani emaphandleni?
Nkwenda otya mu kiti?
Jika kwesobunxele.
Genda ku kkono.
Jika kwesokudla.
Genda ku ddyo.
Hamba phambili.
Genda mu maaso.
Inani lokuhamba lingakanani?
Ekitundu kiki?
Ithikithi elilodwa, ngiyacela.
Ekitanda emu, nyamba.
Ingabe kude lapha?
Kiki ekitundu okuva wano?
Ngilahlekile.
Ndi mu kwegendereza.
Ngaphi engingathenga khona i-SIM card?
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
Angivumi
Sindiinze
Lokho kuzwakala kahle
Ekitanga kiza
Ucabanga ukuthini?
Oteka ki?
Ungangisiza?
Okwetegera?
Ngidinga usizo
Nfuna okwetegera
Linda umzuzu
Leka akaseke
Ngiyaxolisa
Ndi mwefwe
Akukho nkinga
Tera kintu
Halala
Nkwagala
Usuku olumnandi lokuzalwa
Okwagala omwaka omukya
Uhambo olunempilo
Okwetegera mu nsi
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.
Iphi isitishi sesitimela?
Eri heza y'ekitabo?(Eri heza y'ekitabo?)
Iphi indawo yokuma kwebhasi?
Eri heza y'ekibuga?(Eri heza y'ekibuga?)
Iphi ipulatifomu?
Ekiyungiriro ki?(Ekiyungiriro ki?)
Ithini isikhathi sokuhamba?
Ekitonde ki?(Ekitonde ki?)
Ingabe le yindlela efanele?
Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?(Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?)
Ikhaya lapha eduze
Eri wansi wano(Eri wansi wano)
Ikude lapha
Eri kure wano(Eri kure wano)
Ungangikhombisa emmaphini?
Oyinza okundabira ku karita?(Oyinza okundabira ku karita?)
Misa lapha, ngiyacela
Mugume wano, nyabo(Mugume wano, nyabo)
Kuthatha isikhathi esingakanani?
Ekitanga ki?(Ekitanga ki?)
Shopping and dining
Ordering food, asking prices, paying the bill, and shopping at markets or stores.
Kubiza malini lokhu?
Ekitanga ki?(ekitanga ki)
Lokho kubiza kakhulu.
Ekitanga ky'ekikula(ekitanga ky'ekikula)
Unayo yini ethengiswa ngentengo ephansi?
Oli n'ekintu ekirungi?(oli n'ekintu ekirungi)
Ngiyakwazi ukukhokha ngekhadi?
Nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi?(nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi)
Ngifuna itafula labantu ababili.
Nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri(nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri)