Tswana: Theme 5 - Banks, Taxis, and Restaurants
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greetings and courtesies | asking for help, emergencies | numbers, days, months, seasons | question words, quantities, weather and time | banks, taxis and restaurants | transportation and finding your way | touring and socializing | at the filling station | the human body and ailments | shopping and sport |  |
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Taxi hand signals
When travelling with informal public taxis; one should observe the proper hand signals for the taxis. Standing in the direction of travel and pointing the pointing finger downwards, indicates that you want to travel to a local destination (somewhere in the near vicinity). When pointing the same finger upwards indicates that one wants to go to a destination which is outside the local borders. A taxi may beep once or twice when nearing you. This either means that the taxi driver wants to know whether you need a taxi, or if the driver passes you, it may mean that the taxi is full.