--- title: "Vegetarian Phrases in World Languages - Africa/English - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Vegetarian Phrases in World Languages - Africa/English: Scandinavia Iberia/Latin America Western Europe Eastern Europe South Asia East Asia Middle East/Africa Other Send more phrases - fill in the form! Back to the Phrases Index Afrikaans Ek is 'n vegetariër - I am a vegetarian Ek eet nie vleis," url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6265-africa-phrases.html" date: "2026-11-05T23:54:32+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Vegetarian Phrases in World Languages - Africa/English ![Vegetarian Phrases in World Languages - Africa/English](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/africa-phrases.png)[Scandinavia](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6256-phrases-scandinavia.html) [Iberia/Latin America](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6251-phrases-iberia.html) [Western Europe](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6257-phrases-westeuro.html) [Eastern Europe](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6249-phrases-easteuro.html) [South Asia](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6255-phrases-sasia.html) [East Asia](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6248-phrases-easia.html) [Middle East/Africa](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6253-phrases-mideast.html) [Other](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6254-phrases-other.html) [**Send more phrases - fill in the form!**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6250-phrases-form.html) [Back to the Phrases Index](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6252-phrases-index.html) | ### Afrikaans - Ek is 'n vegetariër - *I am a vegetarian* - Ek eet nie vleis, hoender of vis nie - *I don't eat meat, poultry or fish* - Ek hou nie van vleis nie - *I don't like meat* - Ek eet nie eiers of melk nie - *I don't eat milk and eggs* - Het julle enige vegetariese geregte? - *Do you have any vegetarian dishes?* - Ek is lief vir diere, daarom eet ek hulle nie - *I love animals, so I don't eat them* ### Amharic (Ethiopia) - Sega albellam *- I don't eat meat* ### Arabic - Ana Nabatee - *I am vegetarian \[male\]* - Ana Nabateeya - *I am vegetarian \[female\]* - Mish Akool Lahma walla Ferekh khalis - *I don't eat meat or chicken at all* - Ana nbattee. Ana laa akul lohhoom. - *I am vegetarian. I don't eat any meat.* ### Malagasy (language of Madagascar) - Izaho tsy mihinan-kena - *I don't eat meat* ### Swahili (East Africa) *More precisely: Kiswahili, the language of the Swahili*- Mimi sili nyama walla kuku - *I eat neither meat nor chicken* - Mimi sili nyama - *I don't eat meat* - Mimi sili mayai - *I don't eat eggs* - Mimi sili nguruwe - *I don't eat pork* - Ng'ombe - *beef/cow*; Maziwa - *milk*; Samaki *fish* ### Tigrigna (Eritrea) - Ane siga aybel'en eye. *- I don't eat meat* - Ane hamli tiray ybel'e. *- I eat only vegetable* - Ane wala derho aybel'en eye. - *I don't even eat chicken.* - Ane sebeyti eye. - *I am a woman ;* ane seb'ay eye. - *I am a man.* - Siga *- meat ;* Hamli - *vegetable ;* Bani - *bread* - Ane - *I* - Nsikha - *you (male)* ; Nsikatkum - *you (plural male)* - Nsikhi - *you (female)* ; Nsikatkn - *you (plural female)* - Nsu - *he* ; Nsa - *she* ; Nhna - *we* - Nsatom - *they (male)* ; Nsaten - *they (female)* | To buy Books, CDs or Videos by these celebrities, with commission to vegetarianism, go to: A note on this archive. 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