Chitonga

Hello . I'm in Zambia for just over 2 months and I've started learning some of the local language, which is spoken by the Tonga people. It was very hard to find a proper word list. That's why I'm gonna put some links and my own list here, so that other people that want to learn Chitonga can use it. Luckily most of the people in the Southern Province speak Tonga (= Chitonga), luckily because there are 72 different languages in Zambia, so it's rather OK that I just need to study one. Actually most people do speak English which is the common language to communicate between people from different places within Zambia.
Communication does remain difficult even though people speak English. This week has been a very chaotic week, because a supplier of cement lost every sign of their truck & driver for more than 6 hours, while it was on a one hour drive to the Kasizi project. Maybe he ran into a herd of elephants.

wordlist1

wordlist2

ndakala kulibusi	ik zit in de rook
wakala kulibusi?	Zit je in de rook
manze e likule	the water is far away
musamu	tree	medicine
jisamu	tree
musamu mu paats	big tree
musimbi	girl
musankwa	boy
mwana muntu	black kid
muana /mwana	little kid
dagatala	I'm tired
wagatala?	Are you tired?
Ndime ..	My name is ..
ndiweni?	What's your name?
nda bo telwa	I'm happy
kwamana	it's finished
wamana	are you finished
ndamana	I'm finished
ndamana kulia	I'm finished eating
seka	laugh
kuseka	laughing
useka nzi?	Why are you laughing at me?
Undiseka nzi?	Why are you laughing at me?
Twalumba	thank you
muli buti	how are you
kabotu/ kaboti	fine
muli swilila buti sunu?	how're you feeling today?
Jebo uli mwe nzuma	you are my friend
aba mbakaintu bungu	this is my wife
mugua	white person
musalasia	cleaning
eno	now
ndjijibola	later
chicolo	school
mukwakwa	big road
manze	water
mende	water
ing ifora	rain
zuba	sun
ndalubide	I forget
twalubide	we forget
ziakwana	that's all
zjonse	that's all
tu	we
ndalubide chi tonga	ik vergeet tonga
indianda bukoko bwumbi	ik wil nog een biertje
indianda tocaome bola	i want to play soccer
katuja	let's go
atwinke	let's go
katuja tocaome bola	let's go play soccer
pepe	no
eha, mm, ii , ee	ja
indilayunda shungu
namutitima	I like the Victoria Falls (the waterdamp that thunders)
mulonga	river
dolopo	town
kalomo	small mouth
dju'nza tula inka kudolopo	tomorrow I go into town