| Bushe nshitanshi? | • | What is the time? |
| Inshita ili | • | It is ... |
| Cimo uluchelo/ Ubushiku | • | one o’ clock |
| Fitatu uluchelo/ Ubushiku | • | three o’ clock |
| Kapinda ka ku kuso, Ikumi na fisano pakulila kwa chibili | • | quarter past two |
| Kapinda ka ku kuso, Makumi yatatu pakulila kwa chibili | • | half past two |
| Kapinda ka ku kuso, ikumi na fisano kuti fine ikwane | • | quarter to four |
| Kapinda ka ku kulyo, ikumi pakuti mutanda ikwane | • | ten to six |
| Kapinda ka ku kulyo, Makumi yabili na fisano pakulila kwa cinelubali | • | twenty five past seven |
| Kapinda ka ku kulyo, fisano pakuti pabula ikwane | • | five to nine |
| Kapinda ka ku kulyo, Makumi fisano pakuti ikumi na cimo ikwane | • | twenty five to eleven |
| Makumi yabili na cimo | • | twenty to one |
| Akachelochelo | • | early in the morning |
| Ichungulo | • | late in the afternoon |
| Nshi akasuba takalafuma | • | just before sunrise |
| Akasuba nga kawa | • | just after sunset |
| Pakati yabushiku | • | at midnight |
| Pakati yakasuba | • | at noon |
| Mailo yafuminekoBulya bushiku | • | the day before yesterday |
| Ubwafumineko | • | yesterday |
| Lelo | • | today |
| Ubukakonkapo | • | tomorrow |
| Ubushikubukakonkapo | • | the day after tomorrow |
| Lelo Uluchelo | • | this morning |
| Lelo Akasuba | • | this afternoon |
| Lelo Ichungulo | • | this evening |
| Lelo Ubushiku | • | tonight |
| Uluchelo | • | in the mornings |
| Aakasuba | • | in the afternoons |
| Ichungulo | • | in the evenings |
| Ubushiku | • | at night |
| Cila Nshita | • | hourly |
| Lyonse | • | daily |
| Cila Mulungu | • | weekly |
| Cila Mweshi | • | monthly |
| Cila Mwaka | • | yearly |
| Cila Bushiku | • | every day |
