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Days of the week in Chichewa

What day is today?	Ndi tsiku lanji lero?
Monday	Lolemba
Tuesday	Lachiwiri
Wednesday	Lachitatu
Thursday	Lachinayi
Friday	Lachisanu
Saturday	Loweluka
Sunday	Lamulungu

How to describe weeks

This week	1) Sabata ino 2) Mulungu uno
I have exam on Friday this week	1) Ndili ndi mayeso lachisanu sabata ino 2) Ndili ndi mayeso lachisanu mulungu uno
Next week	1) Sabata yamawa 2) Mulungu wamawa
I will return next week Saturday	1) Ndibwelako loweluka sabata yamawa 2) Ndibwelako loweluka mulungu wamawa
Last week	1) Sabata yatha 2) Mulungu watha
She went shopping last week Monday	Anapita kokagula zinthu lolemba lapitali

A sample sentence

I need to travel to Nairobi on Tuesday because I have another flight on the same day and I would arrive in the Dubai on the following Wednesday	Ndifukuna kupita ku Nairobi lachiwiri chifukwa ndikuyenela kukakwela ndege tsiku lomweli kuti ndikafike ku Dubai lachitatu

Learn Chichewa

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Chichewa

Family
How can you describe your family in Chichewa?

Numbers
How to count in Chichewa

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Chichewa

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

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

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

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

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

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

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Chichewa

Phrases
Extra phrases in Chichewa that may be handy

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