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Days of the week in Umbundu

Day	Eteke
What day is today?	Etaili eteke lipi??
Monday	Ca Sikunda
Tuesday	Ca Telesa
Wednesday	Ca Kualata
Thursday	Ca Kinda
Friday	Ca Sesa
Saturday	Ca Sapalo
Sunday	Ca Lumingu

How to describe weeks

This week	Osemana yilo
I have exams this week	Ndikuete oloseteko osemana yilo
I week there will be some activities	Osemana yilo yukakala lovitalukilo vimue
This week will be better than last week	Osemana yilo yikavelapo vali ambi osemana yapita
Next week	Osemana yiyako
I will return next week	Nditiuka osemana yiyako
I have exams next week	Osemana yiya ndikuete oloseteko
We have a visit next week	Osemana yiya tukakuata akombe
Last week	Osemana yapita
We had cassava last week	Tuakuata osema yutombo osemana yapita
Last week went by quite quickly	Osemana yapita ya yayulako okupita
I had some medical consultations last week	Nda taliwa la Ndotolo osemana yapita

A sample sentence

I need to travel to Luanda on Wednesday this week because I have another flight next week on Monday to Lisbon	Ndisukila okuenda ungende ko Luanda caquarta osema yilo momo ndikuete ugende lo mbalao osemana yiya ca sikunda, ndenda Koputu

Learn Umbundu

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Umbundu

Family
How can you describe your family in Umbundu?

Numbers
How to count in Umbundu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Umbundu

Phrases
Extra phrases in Umbundu that may be handy

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