birthday - umhla wokuzalwa

Word information

Part of speech	noun
Plurality	singular
Noun class	um/imi
Note	Note: many Xhosa speakers now just use ibirthday. Note the personal possessive comes immediately after UMHLA - so umhla wakho wokuzalwa - literally "day of yours of being born". Also note that imini yokuzalwa is also used for "birthday". Usuku lokuzalwa is another variation.

Example sentences

• English

  How was your birthday?

  IsiXhosa

  Ubunjani umhla wakho wokuzalwa?

• English

  When is your birthday?

  IsiXhosa

  Unini umhla wakho wokuzalwa?

• English

  My birthday is tomorrow.

  IsiXhosa

  Umhla wam wokuzalwa ungomso.

Linked words

Link type	Other word
Related meaning	wish happy birthday - bhafisa (⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨transitive⁩ ⁨verb⁩)