Explore Sesotho through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sotho. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sesotho in a sentence
Sesotho meaning
A Bantu language spoken mainly in Lesotho and in the Free State and Gauteng provinces of South Africa.
Synonyms of Sesotho
Using Sesotho
- The main meaning on this page is: A Bantu language spoken mainly in Lesotho and in the Free State and Gauteng provinces of South Africa.
- Useful related words include: basuto, sotho.
- In the example corpus, sesotho often appears in combinations such as: in sesotho.
Context around Sesotho
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sesotho
- In this selection, "sesotho" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, english, new, isixhosa, shona, film and southern stand out and add context to how "sesotho" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new sesotho film called and afrikaans english sesotho shona isixhosa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sesotho" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sesotho
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Just before her death, she was a leading character in a new Sesotho film called Resurrection. (16 words)
Other ethnic groups include Europeans, numbering in the thousands, and several hundred Asians. citation Sesotho (Southern Sotho) and English languages are both official. (23 words)
The HealthCheck digital risk-assessment and mapping tool will be available in all 11 official languages starting with English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, seSotho and Afrikaans. (24 words)
One of the poems which really stand out for me is Google Translate for Gogo, in which you try finding adequate words in Sesotho to explain to your grandmother not only your sexuality, but also the sexual abuse you’re survivor of. (42 words)
The lyrics employ the five most widely spoken of South Africa's eleven official languages – Xhosa (first stanza, first two lines), Zulu (first stanza, last two lines), Sesotho (second stanza), Afrikaans (third stanza), and English (final stanza). (37 words)
We recently translated our free children’s book into three African languages, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, and Sesotho, as well as printed 50,000 free copies to distribute to schools identified by the Eastern Cape Department of Education. (36 words)
Example sentences (10)
It can translate from or to Afrikaans, English, Sesotho, Shona, isiXhosa, isiZulu and another 8 African languages as well as a host of languages from other parts of the world.
Just before her death, she was a leading character in a new Sesotho film called Resurrection.
The HealthCheck digital risk-assessment and mapping tool will be available in all 11 official languages starting with English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, seSotho and Afrikaans.
We recently translated our free children’s book into three African languages, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, and Sesotho, as well as printed 50,000 free copies to distribute to schools identified by the Eastern Cape Department of Education.
One of the poems which really stand out for me is Google Translate for Gogo, in which you try finding adequate words in Sesotho to explain to your grandmother not only your sexuality, but also the sexual abuse you’re survivor of.
Over 90 percent of the units will fall within the Financial Sector Charter definition of affordable housing, contributing significantly toward the objective of diphetoho (SeSotho for real changes) to the communities.
However, the Pan South African Language Board and the Northern Sotho National Lexicography Unit now specifically prefer and endorse the names "Northern Sotho" or "Sesotho sa Leboa".
Other ethnic groups include Europeans, numbering in the thousands, and several hundred Asians. citation Sesotho (Southern Sotho) and English languages are both official.
The lyrics employ the five most widely spoken of South Africa's eleven official languages – Xhosa (first stanza, first two lines), Zulu (first stanza, last two lines), Sesotho (second stanza), Afrikaans (third stanza), and English (final stanza).
The size of click inventories ranges from as few as three (in Sesotho ) or four (in Dahalo ), to dozens in the Kx'a and Tuu (Northern and Southern Khoisan) languages.
Common combinations with sesotho
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in sesotho 3×