Beginner setswana is a simple and direct seychelles creole language learning app meant as an introduction to beginners and enthusiasts. Many of our setswana language experts possess specialized knowledge of medicine, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare generally, pursuing exactness and perfection. You can now read the ebook in the pane on the left, listen to the audio pane to the right and practice your pronunciation use on the pronunciation tool tab on right all at the same time. For example, you can read a chunk of text on your own, look up the words you dont know, and then go over it with your tutor for clarification. Setswanaenglish phrasebook paperback october 1, 1994 by a. All words learnt are tested repeatedly thereafter, on a basis of decreasing regularity, if answered correctly, as you gain familiarity with the said word. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. The course aims to help students achieve a basic mastery of setswana to allow them to communicate their basic needs and serve as a foundation on which to build their language skills. It is a bantu language belonging to the nigercongo language family within the sothotswana branch of zone s s. I here list the top 100 setswana personal names from my corpus of over 25 000 setswana personal names. Information about counting in tswana setswana, a bantu language spoken in botswana, namibia, zimbabwe and south africa. Setswana translation englishtswana dictionary glosbe.
An introduction to the setswana language setswana is one of the bantu language groups, mostly spoken in botswana, south africa and namibia southern africa. Setswana language audio training coursewelcome to the setswana language audio training course. Abebooks, an amazon company, offers millions of new, used, and outofprint books. As an assistance to readers, each book contains a glossary of difficult setswana words. Each course is a quick, highly condensed introduction to the words and phrases youll need to communicate effectively in the country youre visiting. Setswana language publishers of south africa list of. President of botswana praises publication of bahai books in. If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. Both books use setswana idioms and figures of speech. This course is aimed at beginners who want to learn to speak setswana. Dibuka tsa setswana setswana libguides at northwest.
Counting in tswana tswana numbers of languages and numbers. Words in tswana, translation, englishtswana dictionary. Apr 09, 2015 setswana is largely a descriptive language and so tends to use more words than other languages. It belongs to the nigercongo language family within the sotho languages. It is closely related to the northern and southern sotho languages. Jan 05, 2018 beginner setswana is a simple and direct seychelles creole language learning app meant as an introduction to beginners and enthusiasts. A language spoken widely in southern africa, mainly in botswana and south africa in the northern cape, the central and western free state and in the north west province, and also, to a lesser extent, in namibia, also known as tswana. Setswana language publishers of south africa listing 1 setswana publishers listed in the south african publishers directory page 1 of 1 of all the publishing companies in the directory of publishers of south africa that are listed under setswana publishers. One of the widely spoken bantu languages in southern africa, with presence in 4 countries. Bua setswana download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Find out the setswana words for the follwoing during your next. Jun 30, 2005 this crash course edited by linguist charles berlitz, is an ideal way to pick up a working vocabulary in a foreign language in the shortest possible time. In addition to botswana, there are also setswana speakers in south africa, zimbabwe, and namibia, comprising about 4 million setswana speakers worldwide.
Counting in tswana tswana numbers of languages and. Gareng ga metswi is a setswana play and the title means in the middle of the crossfire. According to the author, this dictionary was written from a corpus of 15 million words which include a wide range of setswana words, from short stories, novels, newspapers, playsdrama, grammar. Mmegi online new setswana dictionary breaks tradition. Setswana is a bantu language, which means it is in an entirely different family from english or any other language most americans study. A language spoken widely in southern africa, mainly in botswana and south africa in the northern cape, the. This app will help visitors from outside botswana to communicate with the segment of the botswana population that speak less english or do not know english at all. The dictionary is 647 pages long and recommended for serious setswana learners. Setswana is one of the bantu languages, it is spoken mostly in southern africa in countries like botswana, south africa and namibia.
Setswana info wiki a tswana reference for residents of botswana this tswana phrasebook is an outline and needs more content. Setswana english setswana dictionary macmillan botswana isbn 9991277773 compiled by z i matumo in 1993, based on previous dictionaries by missionaires. Remember, setswana will be a useful tool in your work. Unfortunately we do not sell setswana books, but try your local book stores as they might have some. The tswana language setswana is a bantu language spoken in southern africa by about five million speakers.
This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to botswana. The tswana language setswana belongs to the nigercongo languages family, and more specifically to the bantu branch. Tswana a bible books names list to english tswana bible botswana old testament genesis exodus lefi leviticus numbers deuteronomy josua joshua baatlhodi judges ruthe ruth 1 samuele 1 samuel 2 samuele 2 samuel 1 dikgosi 1 kings 2 dikgosi 2 kings 1 chronicles 2 chronicles ezra nehemya nehemiah esther jobe job dipesalome psalms. Tswana language simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The following lessons have been designed to suit any new learner in setswana who has had little or no exposure to setswana language. Most of us studied spanish, french, or german as a second language, all of which are in the indoeuropean language family. A course includes 2 cds and a phrase guide book in a vinyl album. Basic setswana setswana tswana is a bantu language and the national and majority language of botswana. Beginners may want to disregard these boxes at first and come back to them as their sesotho improves. This means it is common place to find two or more consonants clustered. Setswana language audio training course welcome to the setswana language audio training course. Setswana unesco world languages report survey questionnaire. Thanodi ya setswana longman isbn 9991250549 or 9789991250540 havent seen this one but its listed here.
The 100 most popular setswana personal names listed in. Setswana tswana language audio training course ebook by. They are written in a style that readers find appropriate for holy scriptures. The language study 1993 of the south african broadcasting corporation shows that 68% of setswana language speakers have an understanding of at least one nguni language. Some simple phrases for short term visitors etc ee. Youll learn easytoremember words and phrases covering virtually every situation. It is not always easy to find a word that is an exact and precise equivalent of a word in another language. The english language serves as a medium for those who neither understand swahili nor setswana, thus making it easy for anyone who understands english to learn any of the two african languages together.
Click download or read online button to get bua setswana book now. Setswana was the first sotho language written to have a written form. Delivering flawless translation of technical, marketing and sales documents, tomedes is the company you. This book provides translations for words, phrases and simple sentences in swahili and setswana against the english language. A collection of useful phrases in tswana, a bantu language spoken in botswana, namibia, zimbabwe and south africa. In this book, more advanced or obscure concepts appear in grey boxes. Setswanaenglish phrasebook by alfred john wookey, setswanaenglishsetswana dictionary by z.
I am writing a bilingual dictionary of setswana personal names which will have over 16 000 entries. Adverbs of time,asking for prices,days,days activities,dialogues. Programmed for fast learning, each course gives you 1. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone interested in learning the setswana language. Wookey author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Accuracy in language can save lives, so words must be taken extremely seriously. Sorry, your browser either has javascript disabled or does not have any supported player. Now that youve had a gist of the most useful numbers, lets move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond if. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In 1806 heinrich lictenstein wrote upon the language of the beetjuana. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Afrikaans, english, ndebele, northern sotho, sotho, swazi, tsonga, venda, xhosa and zulu, in zimbabwe where it is.
Remove south africa filter to see all setswana language publishers. Setswana is an open syllable language and has seven vowels in all. Based on the a word a day concept, this app provides up to 12 words a day of your choosing. While in 1815, john cambell wrote bootchuana words and was followed by burchell who wrote about botswana in 1824. Setswana is a secondary language for so few people. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Letter knowledge, phoneme awareness and reading of words and pseudowords in both setswana and english were assessed in 36 grade 2. Please let us know in the comments section what words you would like to learn and what african language. Read setswana tswana language audio training course language learning country guide and vocabulary for travel in botswana by language recall available from rakuten kobo. The term sotho is used for the whole of the language group who call themselves basotho. Afrikaans, english, ndebele, northern sotho, sotho, swazi, tsonga, venda, xhosa and zulu, in zimbabwe where it is coofficial with fifteen other languages. The tswana language or setswana is a language spoken in southern africa.