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isiZulu - Afrikaans - Kiswahili - French

Learn languages the way people actually speak them.

Shoconvo helps you build confidence in pronunciation, conversation and language knowledge. Start with 10 minutes a day.

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Works in your phone's browser. No app store, no big download.

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GREETINGS - LESSON 32 of 5
LISTEN Ngiyabonga Thank you
NormalSlow
Your turnSay it out loud
Nicely said. Now try Ngiyabonga kakhulu.
When do you use it?
After someone helps youYes
When you arrive somewhere

Languages spoken in Africa. Speak from Day 1.

Pick a language, start a conversation, and keep going until you don't need us anymore.

SOUTH AFRICA isiZulu Sawubona Listen, speak and type
SOUTH AFRICA Afrikaans Hallo Listen, speak and type
EAST AFRICA Kiswahili Habari Listen, speak and type
FRANCOPHONE AFRICA French Bonjour COMING SOON

From first words to B2.

Three levels, each about 12 weeks. A friendly 5-minute chat finds where you start, and every level ends with a conversation you can be proud of.

LEVEL 1 - A0 TO A2 Foundations Greet respectfully, order at a shisanyama, catch a taxi, tell a short story. Ends with a relaxed 10-minute conversation. Sounds first if you're brand new - clicks included.
LEVEL 2 - A2 TO B1 Everyday Explain a problem at the clinic or bank, tell your life story, give advice. Ends with a 12-minute conversation. A real-world challenge in every unit.
LEVEL 3 - B1 TO B2 Confident For people who understand but freeze. Natural speed, slang and respect language, debate and storytelling. Ends with a 15-minute conversation. Returners can reach B2 in about 3 months.
Free talk, any mood
Practise with someone friendly, bored, impatient or argumentative - or a formal elder.
Micro-lessons in 3 minutes
Grammar only when a conversation needs it, as a pattern you can reuse.
A review hub that remembers
Every word you struggle with comes back, spaced out, until it sticks.

Hear it. Say it. Use it today.

Hear anything

Every word and sentence can be played in a natural isiZulu voice, at normal speed or slowed down until you catch it.

Speak with confidence

Practise out loud and build confidence in your pronunciation, your conversation and your knowledge of the language.

Start with 10 minutes a day

Small lessons built around real moments: greeting the family, thanking a colleague, paying at the market.

FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE UNDERSTOOD
The colleague who wants to greet properly The partner meeting the family The child of a parent who speaks isiZulu at home People who understand a little and want to speak
SHOCONVO SCHOOLS

Your own isiZulu exam coach, Grades 8 to 12.

Follow the CAPS curriculum for isiZulu or Afrikaans, Home Language or First Additional Language, at your own pace, paper by paper, from your phone or tablet.

-Practice for every paper: language in context, literature, writing and orals
-Hear any passage read aloud, then read it yourself and get feedback
-See where you stand on each paper before tests and finals
-Parents set up the account, give consent and get a weekly progress report
My CAPS path Grade 11 - isiZulu Home Language
Paper 1 - Language72%
Paper 2 - Literature48%
Paper 3 - Writing55%
Orals31%
Example learner
Orals: prepared reading Term 2 task
[Passage from the prescribed text appears here]
Listen first Read it aloud
YOUR LAST READING
92%
words clear
1:48
reading time
3
words to redo
Tap a highlighted word to hear it, then try that line again.

Pay by the week, or once.

Got time this week? Grab a week. Ready to go all the way? Pay once for a whole level. Start free with Unit 0 and your first unit. Founding learners get their first week at .

WEEKLYWeek pass
a week
isiZulu, Afrikaans and Kiswahili, all levels (French joins when it launches)
Lessons, conversations, Free talk and review
No commitment: buy a week when you have time
Your progress stays when you come back
Get a week
Best value
ONCE-OFFOne level, yours to keep
per level, per language
12 units, about 13 weeks at your own pace
Free talk and review included
Your certificate when you pass the final conversation
A path built around your own progress
Choose your language
Shoconvo Schools
Grades 8 to 12, CAPS-linked. a month per learner, under a parent account. Find out more
Teams and organisations
Get your staff talking. From per person per level, with progress reports. Talk to us

Prices include VAT.

START WITH ONE WORD

Sawubona

Hello, to one person. Literally "I see you". Say it out loud once today.

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