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Talking about your family (Banja) in Chichewa

The Family	Banja
Mother	Amayi
Father	Abambo
Parents	Makolo
Sister	Mlongo
Brother	Mlongo
Son	Mwana wa mwamuna
Daugther	Mwana wa mkazi
Husband	Mwamuna wa munthu
Wife	Mkazi wa munthu
Aunt	Azakhali
Uncle	Amalume
Grandmother	Agogo akazi
Grandfather	Agogo amuna

How to talk about your family with examples in the plural case

My children	Ana anga
His parents	Makolo ake
Your wives	Akazi ako
The people here do not speak English	Azimayi kuno sayankhula English

How to talk about your family with examples in the singular case

My wife is farming	Mkazi wanga akulima
Your husband speaks too much	Mwamuna wako amayankhula kwambiri
The uncle of the neighbour has a lot of girlfriends	1) Malume a yemwe tayandikana naye ali ndi zibwenzi zambiri 2) Malume a neba ali ndi zibwenzi zambiri
Our daughter is cooking Chambo	Mwana wathu wa mkazi akuphika Chambo

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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