# Venda phrasebook

Venda also known as Tshivenda is a language spoken by the people of Venda who resides in Northern region of South Africa such as Limpopo and Lemba provinces. The dialect is also spoken by people in Zimbabwe.

## Phrase list
### Basics
#### How are you?

    Vho vuwa hani?

#### What's your name?

    Dzina lavho ndi nnyi?

#### My name is ...

    Dzina langa ndi ...

#### Where are you from?

    Ni bva gai?

#### I'm from ...

    Ndi bva ...

#### Pleased to meet you

    Ndo takala ro divhana

#### Goodbye

    Kha vha sale (to person staying)

#### Goodbye

    Vha tshimbile zwavhudi (to person leaving)

#### I don't understand

    A thi pfesesi

#### Please speak more slowly

    Ndi humbela uri vha ambe nga u ongolowa

#### Please say that again

    Ndi humbela uri vha dovholole

#### Please write it down

    Kha vha tou nwala

#### Do you speak English?

    Vha a amba English naa?

#### Do you speak Venda?

    Vha a amba naa?

#### How do you say ... in Venda?

    Hi pfi ... ndi mini nga Tshivenḓa

#### Excuse me

    Tshiimo tsha shishi

#### How much is this?

    Zwi ita vhugai?

#### Sorry

    Ndi khou humbela pfarelo

#### Please

    Ndi khou tou humbela

#### Thank you

    Ndo livhuwa

#### I love you

    Ndi a ni funa

#### Good luck

    Mashudu mavhuya

### Problem/Emergency
#### Help!

    Thuso!

#### Call the police!

    Ndi humbela uri vha founele mapholisa!

### Numbers

Numbers

#### 1

    thihi

#### 2

    mbili

#### 3

    raru

#### 4

    ia

#### 5

    hanu

#### 6

    rathi

#### 7

    sumbe

#### 8

    malo

#### 9

    ahe

#### 10

    fumi

#### 11

    fumithihi

#### 12

    fumimbili

#### 13

    fumiraru

#### 14

    fumia

#### 15

    fumihanu

#### 20

    fumbili

#### 21

    fumbilithihi

#### 22

    fumbilimbili

#### 50

    fuhanu

#### 100

    ana

#### 1000

    gidi

### Greetings
#### Good morning

    Ndi matsheloni

#### Good afternoon

    Ndi masiari

#### Good evening

    Ndi madekwana

#### Good night

    Lo kovhela

### Days
#### Sunday

    Swondaha

#### Monday

    Musumbuluwo

#### Tuesday

    Ḽavhuvhili

#### Wednesday

    Ḽavhuraru

#### Thursday

    Ḽavhuṋa

#### Friday

    Ḽavhuṱanu

#### Saturday

    Mugivhela

### Months
#### January

    Phando

#### February

    Luhuhi

#### March

    Ṱhafamuhwe

#### April

    Lambamai

#### May

    Shundunthule

#### June

    Fulwi

#### July

    Fulwana

#### August

    Ṱhangule

#### September

    Khubvumedzi

#### October

    Tshimedzi

#### November

    Ḽara

#### December

    Nyendavhusiku

### Colors
#### White

    Tshena

#### Black

    Ntsu

#### Purple

    Phephulu

#### Green

    Dala

#### Yellow

    Tada

#### Red

    Tswuku

#### Pink

    Pinki

### Part of the body
#### Head

    Ṱhoho

#### Hair

    Mavhudzi

#### Eyes

    Maṱo

#### Nose

    Ningo

#### Mouth

    Mulomo

#### Lips

    Meme

#### Teeth

    Maṋo

#### Tongue

    Lulimi

#### Shoulder

    Shada

#### Elbow

    Lukuḓavhavha

#### Hands

    Zwanḓa

#### Neck

    Mukulo

#### Chest

    Khana

#### Ribs

    Mbabvu

#### Stomach

    Thumbu

#### Waist

    Khundu

#### Back

    Muṱana

#### Buttocks

    Pfuralelo

### Family (Muta)
#### Father

    Khotsi

#### Mother

    Mme

#### Sister

    Khaladzi

#### Brother

    Murathu

#### Grandfather

    Makhulu (tshinna)

#### Grandmother

    Makhuku (tshisadzi)

#### Uncle (paternal)

    Khotsi muhulu

#### Uncle (maternal)

    Malume

#### Aunt (paternal)

    Makhadzi

#### Aunt (maternal)

    Mmane

#### Cousin

    Muzwala

#### Parents

    Vhabebi

#### Child

    Nwana

#### Children

    Vhana