Yes = Ee (Mukwai)
No = Awe (Mukwai)
Please = Napapata
Excuse me = Banjeleleko (Mukwai)
Thank you = Natotela (Mukwai)
You are welcome = Cilifye (Mukwai)
Pardon? (I beg your pardon) = Amuti (shani)?
I don’t understand = Nshumfwile
Can you say that again, please? = Mwati shani (mukwai)
Please speak slowly = Landeni panono panono
Do you speak English? = Mwalishibe cisungu?
Where can I find the toilet? = Nikwisa ningasanga icimbusu?
What is your name? (Singular) = Niwe nani shina?
What is your name? (Plural) = Nimwe bani shina?
What are your names? = Nimwe bani amashina?
How old are you? (Respectful) = Muli nemyaka inga iyakufyalwa?
How old are you? = Uli ne myaka inga iyakufyalwa?
I am …. Years old = Ndi nemyaka ….
Where do you live? (Pl) = Mwikala kwi?
Where do you live? (Sing.) = Wikala kwi?
What is your job? (Pl.) = Mubomba ncito nshi?
What is your job? (Sing.) = Ubomba ncito nshi?
Would you like to go to ….? = Kuti mwatemwo kuya ku …….?
Please give me … = Mpeniko ….