Chichewa Language

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Always	Nthawi zonse
I always wanted to marry you	Nthawi zones ndakhala ndikufuna kukwatila iwe
Never	Kukana kuchitanso
I will never do this again!	Sindizachitanso zimenezi
Now	Pano
We have to leave now!	Tikuyenela kunyamuka pano!
Sometimes	Nthawi zina
Sometimes I prefer to be at home	Nthawi zina ndimasankha kukhala pakhomo
Nthawi zambiri	Mara kwa mara
From time to time I eat rice	Nthawi zambiri ndimadya mpunga
Late	Kuchedwa
The bus is always late	Basi imachedwa nthawi zambiri
Later	Nthawi yina
The bus will come later	Basi yibwela nthawi ina
Early	Mwansanga
You should try to come home early	1) Udziyesesa kubwela pakhomo mwansanga 2) (formal) Mudziyesesa kubwela pakhomo mwansanga

Ask someone for the time

Whats the time?	Nthawi ili bwanji?
It's 7am -- It's 11:30am -- It's lunchtime	Ndi 7 koloko kumawa -- Ndi hafu pafisiti 11 kumawa -- Nthawi ya nkhomaliro
Morning -- Afternoon -- Evening -- Night	M’mawa -- Masana -- Madzulo -- Usiku

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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