Shopping

1. Intengo

   Price

   Usage

   The price of goods; the basic word for talking about cost

   Grammar Note

   The plural is "iintengo"

2. Izambatho

   Clothes

   Usage

   Clothing in general, for buying clothes

   Grammar Note

   Used in the plural. "izambatho zokuzivikela" is protective clothing

3. Intengo ephasi

   A low price

   Usage

   To say a price is low

   Grammar Note

   "ephasi" is "low"; a high price is "intengo ephezulu"

4. Intengo iphezulu.

   The price is high.

   Usage

   When a price feels too high

   Grammar Note

   "phezulu" is "up, high". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. Ngibawa intengo ephasi.

   A lower price, please.

   Usage

   When asking for a discount

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. Ngitjengisa lokhu.

   Show me this.

   Usage

   To ask to see an item

   Grammar Note

   Same pattern as "Ngitjengisa ikhekhe" (show me the cake). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. Ngifuna ukuthenga izambatho.

   I want to buy clothes.

   Usage

   When entering a shop to look for clothes

   Grammar Note

   Replace "izambatho" with another item. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

8. Ngizokuthenga lokhu.

   I will buy this.

   Usage

   When you have decided to buy

   Grammar Note

   "ngizo-" marks the future "I will". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. Isitolo sivaliwe.

   The shop is closed.

   Usage

   At a shop that is shut, or to tell someone it is

   Grammar Note

   Open is "sivuliwe". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

10. Isitolo sivuliwe.

    The shop is open.

    Usage

    To say the shop is open

    Grammar Note

    The resulting-state form of "vula" (to open). Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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