Café & Drinks

1. Ke kgopela bjalwa bja mohlaba

   Please give me sorghum beer

   Usage

   Used to ask for the local grain beer

   Grammar Note

   "bjalwa bja mohlaba" is rarely attested (a can of sorghum beer). There is no pressure to drink

2. Ke nyaka meetse

   I want water

   Usage

   Used to ask for water

   Grammar Note

   "meetse" is always plural. It is not the Sesotho/Setswana "metsi" (composed from dictionary-verified words)

3. Ke nyaka teye goba kofi

   I want tea or coffee

   Usage

   Used to choose a hot drink

   Grammar Note

   "teye" and "kofi" are loans from English or Afrikaans. "goba" means or

4. Ke nyaka sengwe se se tonyago

   I want something cold

   Usage

   Used to ask for a cold drink

   Grammar Note

   "tonya" means cold. "tonyago" is its relative form (composed from dictionary-verified words)

5. Meetse a go fiša

   Hot water

   Usage

   Used to ask for hot water

   Grammar Note

   "meetse a go fiša" means hot water and is well attested

6. Lebotlelo la meetse

   Bottled water

   Usage

   Used when buying water

   Grammar Note

   Literally a bottle of water. "lebotlelo" is class 5 (composed from dictionary-verified words)

7. Kofi

   Coffee

   Usage

   A single word for ordering a drink

   Grammar Note

   A loanword from Afrikaans or English

8. Teye

   Tea

   Usage

   A single word for ordering a drink

   Grammar Note

   Spelled with the "-ye". Do not confuse with "tee" (the number one)

9. Bjalwa

   Beer

   Usage

   A single word for ordering beer

   Grammar Note

   "bjalwa" is the traditional brew and is used for beer in general. Many occurrences of this spelling are another verb form (sown), so be careful

10. Tšusi

    Juice

    Usage

    Used to ask for juice

    Grammar Note

    A loanword from English juice

11. Ntle le aese

    Without ice

    Usage

    Used to ask for a drink without ice

    Grammar Note

    "aese" is borrowed from English ice. "ntle le" means without (composed from dictionary-verified words)

12. O nwa eng?

    What are you drinking?

    Usage

    Used to ask what someone is drinking

    Grammar Note

    "nwa" means drink. "eng" means what (composed from dictionary-verified words)

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