English | Zulu (isiZulu) |
I | ngi-, mina |
you (singular) | u-, wena |
he | u-, yena |
we | si-, thina |
you (plural) | ni-, nina |
they | ba-, bona |
this | lo, leli, lesi, le, lolu, lobu, lokhu |
that | lowo, lelo, leso, leyo, lolo, lobo, lokho |
here | lapha, khona |
there | lapho, laphaya, khona |
who | ubani (interrogative) |
what | -ni, yini (interrogative) |
where | -phi (interrogative) |
when | nini |
how | kanjani, ngani |
not | a-, akekho, abekho |
all | -nke |
many | -ningi |
some | -nye |
few | -mbalwa, -ncane |
other | -nye |
one | -dwa, -nye |
two | -bili |
three | -thathu |
four | -ne |
five | -hlanu |
big | -khulu |
long | -de |
wide | -banzi |
thick | -qinile, -gqinsi |
heavy | -nzima |
small | -ncane |
short | -fuphi |
narrow | -ncane, -msweswana |
thin | -ondile |
woman | umfazi |
man (adult male) | indoda, umlisa |
man (human being) | umuntu |
child | umntwana |
wife | umka-, inkosikazi |
husband | umyeni, indoda |
mother | umama |
father | ubaba |
animal | isilwane |
fish | inhlanzi, ufishi |
bird | inyoni |
dog | inja |
louse | intwala |
snake | inyoka |
worm | isibungu, umsundu |
tree | isihlahla, umuthi |
forest | ihlathi |
stick | induku, uthi |
fruit | isithelo |
seed | inhlamvu, imbewu |
leaf | ikhasi, iqabi |
root | impande (of a plant), umsuka (cause, origin) |
bark (of a tree) | igxolo |
flower | imbali |
grass | utshani |
rope | intambo |
skin | isikhumba |
meat | inyama |
blood | igazi |
bone | ithambo |
fat (noun) | amafutha |
egg | iqanda |
horn | uphondo |
tail | umsila |
feather | uphaphe |
hair | unwele |
head | ikhanda |
ear | indlebe |
eye | iso, ihlo |
nose | ikhala |
mouth | umlomo |
tooth | izinyo |
tongue (organ) | ulimi |
fingernail | uzipho |
foot | unyawo |
leg | umlenze |
knee | idolo |
hand | isandla |
wing | iphiko |
belly | isisu |
guts | ithumbu |
neck | intamo |
back | umhlane |
breast | ibele |
heart | inhliziyo |
liver | isibindi |
to drink | -phuza |
to eat | -dla |
to bite | -luma |
to suck | -munca, -ncela |
to spit | -phimisa |
to vomit | -phalaza |
to blow | -vunguza |
to breathe | -phefumula |
to laugh | -hleka |
to see | -bona |
to hear | -zwa |
to know | -azi |
to think | -cabanga |
to smell | (to have a particular smell) -nuka, (to sense the smell of) -nuka, -zwa |
to fear | -esaba, -saba |
to sleep | -lala |
to live | -phila, -zwa |
to die | -fa |
to kill | -bulala, -fisa |
to fight | -lwa |
to hunt | -zingela |
to hit | -shaya |
to cut | -sika, -nquma |
to split | -dabula |
to stab | -gwaza |
to scratch | -klwebha |
to dig | -mba |
to swim | -bhukuda |
to fly | -ndiza |
to walk | -hamba |
to come | -za |
to lie (as in a bed) | -lala (lie down, sleep), -cambalala (be lying down) |
to sit | -hlala (sit down), -hleli, -hlezi (be sitting, be seated) |
to stand | -sukuma (stand up), -ma (be standing) |
to turn (intransitive) | -jika, -guquka, -phenduka |
to fall | -wa |
to give | -nika, -nikeza, -pha |
to hold | -phatha, -bamba |
to squeeze | -cindezela |
to rub | -hlikihla |
to wash | -geza, -hlamba |
to wipe | -sula |
to pull | -donsa |
to push | -sunduza |
to throw | -phosa |
to tie | -bopha |
to sew | -thunga |
to count | -bala |
to say | -thi |
to sing | -cula, -hlabelela, -huba |
to play | -dlala |
to float | -ntaza |
to flow | -gobhoza |
to freeze | -nquma (solidify), -qanda (be freezing cold) |
to swell | -vuvukala |
sun | ilanga |
moon | inyanga |
star | imbasa, inkanyezi |
water | amanzi |
rain | imvula |
river | umfula |
lake | ichibi |
sea | ulwandle |
salt | itswayi, usawoti |
stone | itshe |
sand | isihlabathi |
dust | uthuli |
earth | umhlaba |
cloud | ifu |
fog | inkungu |
sky | izulu |
wind | umoya |
snow | iqhwa |
ice | iqhwa |
smoke | intuthu |
fire | umlilo |
ash | umlotha |
to burn | -sha |
road | umgwaqo, umgwaqana |
mountain | intaba |
red | -bomvu |
green | -luhlaza |
yellow | -liphuzi, -ncombo |
white | -mhlophe |
black | -mnyama |
night | ubusuku |
day | ilanga, umuhla, usuku |
year | unyaka |
warm | -fudumele |
cold | -makhaza |
full | -gcwele |
new | -sha |
old | -dala |
good | -hle |
bad | -bi |
rotten | -bolile (decayed), -bi (bad) |
dirty | -ngcolile |
straight | -qondile |
round | -yindilinga (circular), -yimbulunga (spherical) |
sharp (as a knife) | -bukhali |
dull (as a knife) | -buthuntu |
smooth | -bushelezi (not rough), -mnandi (comfortable) |
wet | -manzi, -nethile |
dry | -omile |
correct | -lungile |
near | eduze |
far | kude |
right | kwesokudla |