Uhlalaphi? - where do you live

Asking where people live and where they come from is done using the verbs ukuhlala (to stay), ukuphuma, ukuvela (to come from), ukdabuka to come from originally and the interrogative -phi (where)

See also interrogatives

-phi?, kuphi? where
ukuhlala to stay = live
ukuphuma to come from = lit. appear
ukuvela to come from
ukudabuka to come from originally
kodwa but
isizwe nationa(ality)

Uhlalaphi? You stay where now?
or Uhlala kuphi? Where is it you stay? Ngihlala e- I stay at ...

Uphumaphi? You come from where?
Ngiphuma e- I come from ...eg ngihlala eNew Cross kodwa ngiphuma eDeptford live in New Cross but I come from Deptford

Ungowakuphi ? Where are you from = belong
Ungowasiphi isizwe? What is your nationality = you are of it where Ngingu- ngiyi-[country] I'm [nationality] eg ngiyiNgisi I'm (an) English(man) or ngingumZulu I'm a Zulu Ngigowase ... I belong ... eg ngigowaze eBristol I belong in Bristol

Udabukaphi? You come from where originally?
Ngidabuka (eBristol) I come from (Bristol) originally

Nivelaphi? Where do you come you from?
Sivela eNgilandi We come from England Ukuphi ngokuhlala? Your home is where? SiseLondon We are from London Bakuphi ngokuhlala? Where do they reside? BaseLondon ngokuhlala They are staying in London

Nationalities

UmNgisi, iNgisi Englishman (amaNgisi pl.) isiKoshi Scotsman iJalimanei German UmHoholandi Dutchman (abaHholandi pl.) iFulentshi Frenchman iBuhnu Afrikaner UmZului Zulu (amaZulu pl.) UmSwati Swazi (amaSwati pl.) UmXhosa Xhosa (amaXhosa pl.) iNdebele (amaNgebele pl.) UmTswana Tswana (abeTswana pl.) UmSuthu Suthu (abeSuthu pl.) UmVenda Venda UmTsonga Tsonga

Places

Johannesburg EGoli = place of gold Germiston EDukthole Durban EThekwini Port Elizabeth EBayhi Zululand KwaZulu Amanzimtoti EManzimtoti Ladysmith EMnambithi East London EMoti Umlazi EMlazi Peitermaritzburg EMgungundlovu or Emaltizboko London ELandini