Chichewa Language

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I -- You -- It -- We	Ine -- Iwe (young person) Inu (adult or plu.) -- Icho Ichi -- Ife

Some phrases using the verbs

I did not do anything	Sindinachite chilichonse
I use a laptop	Ndimagwilitsa ntchito laptop
I do my things	Ndimapanga zanga
I did not say that	Sindinanene choncho
Do you have money?	1) Uli ndi ndalama? (young person) 2) Muli ndi ndalama? (adult or plu.)
Do you have a passport?	1) Sindituluka kunja ndi iweyo (young person) 2) Sindituluka kunja ndi inuyo (adult or plu.)

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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