Ndebele counting

Linjani bangane? (How're you friends) Today I thought we'd go over some numbers. Again, if you're new, please start with the first post which is at the very bottom of this page, and then work your way up to today's post.

1	kunye
2	kubili
3	kuthathu
4	kune
5	kuyisihlanu
6	kuyisithupha
7	kuyisikhombisa
8	kuyisitshiyanga lombili
9	kuyisitshiyanga lolunye
10	tshumi

Just something from the above, when you say "and", you'd use "lo" e.g. ngihamba lomama- I go with my mother. Ngihamba lonyoko- I go with your mother.

Kancane means a little, so if someone asked you how you're doing, you could say "kancane kancane" like the French comme ci-comme ca, or "just ok/ surviving". (The c is the soft c click sound, remember?)

A nice thing to ask in the morning, is "Uvuke njani?" which is good morning, but actually is asking the person how they woke up. To which you would reply, ngivukile - I have woken. If you are speaking to many people, you can use "li" prefix instead of "u", e.g. livuke njani?- how did you (pl) wake?
Ulele njani? - how did you sleep?

Here is another good list I found. It is in French so I put the isiNgisi (English) after the French so lamhla (today) you can learn 2 languages at once:

bonjour (le matin) Good Morning	livuke njani
bonjour (l'après-midi) Good afternoon	litshonile
bonsoir Good evening	litshone njani
au revoir Goodbye	lisale sesihamba / lisale kuhle
excusez-moi Excuse me	uxolo / ngixolela
merci Thank you/ We thank you a lot	ngiyabonga / siyabonga kakulu
homme Man	indoda / amadoda
femme Woman/ women	umfazi / abafazi
où ? Where?	ngaphi
quand ? When	nini
comment ? How?	njani
pourquoi ? Why?	ngani
combien ? How much does it cost?	yimalini
argent Money	imali
cher Expensive	kuyadula
eau Water	amanzi
pain Bread	isinkwa
poisson Fish	inhlanzi or kapenta (small fish eaten from Kariba)
viande Meat	inyama
légumes Vegetable/ s	umbhida / imibhida
fruit	izithelo
froid It is cold	kuyaqanda (like Zulu word kuyabanda)
chaud it is hot	kuyatshisa
assez Enough	kwanele (sokwanele- it is enough)
de rien Your welcome/ it's ok	Kulungile (used very often to mean "it's ok", or "ok")

Sure bangane, ngicabanga ukuthi ugrand lamhla (Sure friends, I think that you're grand today. This is a bit of slang though but it's what you'd say in the City of Kings for instance)