ni? what
usebenezani? what work do you do?
wena wenzani? what do you do? ni = verb
never has -ya-
nini? when
uyahamba nini? when do you leave?
bani? who
ungubani? Who are you? = what are you
called
ngubani igama lakho? What is your name?
njani? how
uphila njani? how are you?
na? = a question
usaphila na? are you still well?
yini? yini ndaba... why?
yini ndaba uhamba manje? why are you going
now?
yini abatwana bengayi esikoleni namhlanje?
why don't the children go to school today?
phi? where, also kuphi
uhlalaphi? where do you stay?
usebenza kuphi? you work where?
kukuphi? whereabouts
kukuphi eMkuze? whereabouts is Mkuze?
kungamakhilomitha amangaki? how many
kilometres is it? bangaki abantu? how many people
eGoli kungamakhilomitha amangaki ukusuka
lapha? how many kilometres is Johannesberg from here? =
Johannesberg it has kilometres how many to go off from here
uyohlala amalanga amangaki? how many days are you going to stay?
imalini? how much money?
yimalini umango? how much for the mangoes?
thini? says what?
ithini i-ID namba yakho? what is your ID
number?
lithini igama lakho? what is your name?
ngani? with what?
ngingakusiza ngani na? what can I do for
you?
This page- www.newt.clara.co.uk/isizulu/na.htm
8 August 2002