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Some phrases

Yes -- No -- Maybe	1) Mba 2) Ewa -- Kaa -- Haji
I know -- I don't know	Yami ngunanyika -- Chanyingikele
Did you understand? -- I understood	Wevwa ko? Unevu ko? -- Nevwa ko
Can you speak slower?	Hajikenu hake ake?
Can you repeat this again?	Hilukilenuho nawa?
Do you speak: -- French? -- English? -- Portuguese?	Wakuhaji: -- Francês? -- Inglês? -- Port?

Love and relationship phrases in Chokwe

I like you -- I love you -- I want to date you	Yami ngunazangue yena -- Yami nakukuzanga -- Yami ngunazanga kutwama nhy yena
I do not like you -- I do not love you -- I do not want to date you	Yami txixi kuzanga yena -- Yami txikukuzanga -- Yami txisolo kutwama nyi yena
I think you are a beautiful woman -- I think you are a handsome man	Yami ngunamona ngó uli pwo mupema -- Yami ngunamona ngó uli lunga mupema
I think he is a handsome man -- I think she is a beautiful woman	Yami ngumana ngó yiye lunga mupema -- Yami ngumna ngó yiye pwo mupema
Chokwe women are beautiful -- Chokwe men are beautiful	Mapwo thutxokwe já twama apema -- Malunga thutxokwe já twama apema
Can I invite you to dinner or lunch? -- Do you want to pay or should I pay?	Ngunazangue kwiya nhy yena hanga thulye? -- Unazanga kufeta nhy ngufete yami?
You have a good personality	Uli nhy ukweze upema

Birthday and new year phrases in Chokwe

Congratulations!	Waissamba!
Happy birthday!	Txiseke muli yena ha mwaka wa takanisa!
I have this gift for you, hope you like it	Nguli nhy txuma txa kukwaha, kwiji nhy mutxizanga
Today is your special day	Musono tangwa lya yena lipema

Learn Chowke

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Chokwe

Family
How can you describe your family in Chokwe?

Numbers
How to count in Chokwe?

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Chokwe?

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Chokwe

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Chokwe

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Chokwe

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Chokwe

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music and videos in Chokwe

Phrases
Extra phrases in Chokwe that may be handy

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