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Talking about your family (Diku) in Tshiluba

The Family	Diku
Mother	Mamu
Father	1) Tatu 2) Baba
Parents	Baledi
Sister	Muakuni wa bakaji
Brother	Muakunyi wa balume
Son	Mwana wa baluma
Daugther	Muana wa bakaji
Husband	1) Bayani 2) Mulume
Wife	Mukajanyi
Aunt	Tatu mukaji
Uncle	1) Manseba (Maternal Uncle) 2) Papa leki (Paternal Uncle)
Grandmother	Kaku mukaji
Grandfather	Kaku mulume

How to talk about your family with examples in the plural case

My children	Bana bani
His parents	Batatu babu
Your wives	Bakaji benda
The women here do not speak French	Bakaji ba apa ki bamanye kuabula Falase to

How to talk about your family with examples in the singular case

My wife is on the farm	Mukajanyi udi mu budimi
Your husband speaks too much	Bayebe utu wuakula biabuni
The uncle of the neighbour has a lot of girlfriends	Manseba wa bena mutumba udi ni bakaji babuni
Our daughter is cooking Moambe chicken	Muana wa bakaji udi ulamba musambu wa tumbele

Other words

Man/Male	Muluma
Woman/Female	Mukaji
Girl	Nsongakaji
Boy	Nsongalume
People	Bantu

Learn Tshiluba

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Tshiluba

Family
How can you describe your family in Tshiluba?

Numbers
How to count in Tshiluba

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Tshiluba

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Tshiluba

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Tshiluba

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Tshiluba

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Tshiluba

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 Tshiluba

Phrases
Extra phrases in Tshiluba that may be handy

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