| seSotho | English | français |
| molemi / balemi | farmer(s) | fermier(s), agriculteur(s) |
| mobu, mebu [plur.] | earth, ground, soil | la terre, le sol |
| letsopa, matsopa [plur.] | clay | l'argile |
| seretse / diretse [plur.] | mud | la boue |
| lerole / marole | dust | poussière(s) |
| joang, majoang [plur.] | grass | l'herbe |
| setlama / litlama | plant(s) | plante(s) |
| rute / dirute, motso / metso |
root(s) | racine(s) |
| lehlokwana / mahlokwana | leaf / leaves | feuille(s) |
| palesa / dipalesa | flower(s) | fleur(s) |
| sonobolomo / disonobolomo |
sunflower(s) | tournesol(s) |
| rouse / dirouse | rose(s) | " |
| sefate / difate | tree(s) | arbre(s) |
| sekgwa / dikgwa, moru / meru |
forest(s) | forêt(s) |
| paka / dipaka | park(s) | parc(s) |
| mollo / mello | fire | le feu / les feux |
| mosi | smoke | la fumée |
| molora / melora | ash(es) | cendre(s) |
| bolekano / dibolekano | volcano(es) | volcan(s) |
| thaba / dithaba | mountain(s) | montagne(s) |
| thabana / dithabana, leralla / maralla |
hill(s) | colline(s) |
| lehaha / mahaha | cave | grotte(s), caverne(s) |
| phula | valley | la vallée |
| letamo / matamo | dam(s) | barrage(s) |
| phororo / diphororo | waterfall | chute(s) d'eau, cascade(s) |
| letsha / matsha | lake(s), pond(s) | lac(s), étang(s) |
| mohlaka, mokgwabo / mekgwabo |
swamp, marsh(es) | marais, marécage(s) |
| lekgulo / makgulo | grassland, meadow pasture(s) |
la prairie, le pré pâturage(s) |
| tshimo / masimo, lebala / mabala |
field(s) | champ(s) |
| leloala / maloala | mill(s) | moulin(s) |
| sediba / didiba | water well(s) | le/les puits |
| borokgo / marokgo | bridge(s) | pont(s) |
| noka / dinoka | river(s) | rivière(s), fleuve(s) |
| lewatle / mawatle | ocean, sea(s) | océan, mer(s) |
| weife / diweife | sea wave(s) | vague(s) |
| sehlekehleke / dihlekehleke |
island(s) | île(s) |
| lefeella, nahathothe / dinahathothe |
desert(s) | désert(s) |
| totomana / ditotomana | dune(s) | " |
| lehlabathe | sand | le sable |
| tlepetsa / ditlepetsa, lejwe / majwe |
stone(s), rock(s) | pierre(s), rocher(s) |
| taemane / ditaemane | diamond(s) | diamant(s) |
| leshala / mashala | coal | charbon(s) |
| oli / dioli sekepe sa oli |
oil, petroleum oil tanker |
le pétrole le pétrolier |
| gase / digase gase ya tlhaho |
gas(es) natural gas |
le/les gaz le gaz naturel |
| uraniamo | l'uranium | |
| metale / dimetale, tshepe / ditshepe |
metal(s) | le métal / les métaux |
| loto | lead | le plomb |
| senke | le zinc | |
| thini | tin | l'étain |
| tshepe | iron | le fer |
| aluminiamo | aluminum | l'aluminium |
| koporo | copper | le cuivre |
| borase | brass | le laiton |
| silifera | silver | l'argent |
| gauta, (kgauta) | gold | l'or |