Learn Zulu Themes

Authors: unisa
Publication date: 2010
Number of pages: 29The Zulu language or isiZulu takes its name from a clan founded in the 16th century and which King Shaka raised to prominence in the early 19th century. The IsiZulu language is spoken as a home language by more than ten million people and as a second language by approximately 16 million people in South Africa. There is mutual intelligibility of the languages belonging to the Nguni group, which Zulu forms part of. As such, a Zulu person would, for instance, understand SiSwati and isiXhosa and a Swazi and Xhosa person isiZulu. IsiZulu is understood by people from the Cape to Zimbabwe.
Theme 1: Greetings and Courtesies
Theme 2: Asking for Help, Emergencies
Theme 3: Numbers, days, months, seasons
Theme 4: Question words, Quantities, Weather and Time
Theme 5: Banks, Taxis, and Restaurants
Theme 6: Transportation and Finding your way
Theme 7: Touring and Socializing
Theme 8: At the filling station
Theme 9: The human body and wellness
Theme 10: Shopping and Sport