LEARN SWAHILI

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JIFUNZE KISWAHILI
IN ONE WEEK
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KWA WIKI MOJA
 CONTENTS
• DAY ONE • DAY FIVE
• PRONUNCIATIONS • SOME VERBS
• GREETINGS • NEGATION

• DAY TWO • DAY SIX

• PERSONS (ME, YOU, HIM, THEM) • QUESTION TAGS
• POSSESSION (MINE, HIS, HERS) • REFLEXIVE (ME- SE- TE-)
• WEEK THREE • DAY SEVEN
• DAY THREE • POSITIONS
• VERBS – TO BE; TO DO; TO LOVE; TO WANT; TO • EMOTIONS
GO
• EXTRA DAYS
• DAY FOUR • VOCABULARY (QUANTITIES, NUMBERS, PARTS OF
• CONJUGATION THE BODY, DAYS OF THE WEEK, ADJECTIVES,
• TENSES FAMILY, FOOD & DRINKS, PLACES)
 PRONUNCIATIONS

SWAHILI IS PRONOUNCED JUST AS IT IS WRITTEN.

THE VOWELS ARE
• A - CHAT
• E - ÉCOLE
• I - SIGNALER
• O - JOLIE
• U - GOUT
 PRONUNCIATIONS

• G - IS PRONOUNCED "HARD". LIKE IN "GATEAU". THERE IS NO SOFT G

• J - IS PRONOUNCED "SOFT". LIKE IN "JOUR"
• THERE IS NO Q. IN KISWAHILI
• THERE IS NO SOFT C. LIKE IN "CA VA". C IS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY H, THEREFORE CH.
• CH - IS PRONOUNCED "HARD" LIKE "CHOICE" IN ENGLISH. THERE IS NO SOFT "CH" LIKE CHATEAU IN
FRENCH

OKAY. LET'S GET STARTED!

 SALUTATIONS - GREETINGS - SALAMU

• BONJOUR HALLO HUJAMBO? (INFORMAL SAY JAMBO)

• COMMENT EST- HOW IS - HABARI YA - (ASUBUHI, JIONI, USIKU)
• AUREVOIR GOODBYE KWAHERI
• CA VA? HOW IS IT? VIPI?
• MERCI THANKS ASANTE
• BIENVENUE WELCOME KARIBU
• DIT MOI TELL ME SEMA
 SALUTATIONS - GREETINGS - SALAMU

• MERCI THANKS ASANTE/SHUKRANI

• S’IL VOUS PLAIT PLEASE TAFADHALI
• A BIENTOT LATER BAADAYE
• CA VA OKAY SAWA
• BEAUCOUP A LOT SANA
 SOME NOUNS TO START YOU OFF

• VOITURE CAR GARI

• BUREAU OFFICE OFISI
• VELO BICYCLE BAISIKELI
• MUSIQUE MUSIC MUZIKI
• TRAVAILLE WORK KAZI
• L'ÉCOLE SCHOOL SHULE
• NOURRITURE FOOD CHAKULA

SIMPLE, NO?
 PERSONS
• MOI ME MIMI
• TU YOU WEWE
• IL HE YEYE

• NOUS WE SISI
• VOUS YOU NINYI
• ILS THEY WAO

THERE IS NO GENDER DISTINCTION IN KISWAHILI. BOTH "HE" AND "SHE" ARE YEYE.
 POSSESSION PRONOUNS
• 1ST PERSON MINE -ANGU
• 2ND PERSON YOUR -AKO
• 3RD PERSON HIS/HER -AKE

• 1ST PERSON (PL) OUR -ETU

• 2ND PERSON (PL) YOUR -ENU
• 3RD PERSON (PL) THEIR -AO

THESE ARE SUFFIXES WHICH DEPEND ON THE GROUP OF THE NOUN. THERE ARE ABOUT 12 NOUN
GROUPS. FOR EXAMPLE, SHULE (MY SCHOOL) IS SHULE YANGU AND KIJIKO (MY SPOON) IS KIJIKO
CHANGU. JINA (MY NAME) IS JINA LANGU. THERE IS NO RULE FOR THESE, YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW
THEM. FOR A BEGINNER, YOU CAN ALWAYS USE "Y". NOT GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT, BUT YOU WILL
BE UNDERSTOOD.
 EXAMPLES:

• MA VOITURE MY CAR GARI YANGU

• SA VOITURE HIS CAR GARI YAKE
• NOTRE VOITURE OUR CAR GARI YETU
 EXAMPLE IN A SENTENCE:

• MA VOITURE EST BONNE MY CAR IS GOOD GARI YANGU NI MZURI

• SA VOITURE EST MAL HIS CAR IS BAD GARI YAKE NI MBAYA
• VOTRE VOITURE EST GRAND YOUR CAR IS BIG GARI YENYU NI KUBWA

SOME NOUNS TAKE ON DIFFERENT PREFIXES, FOR EXAMPLE MWALIMU WAKO, KITI CHAKO, GARI
LAKO, MEZA YAKO. THIS IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR A BEGINNER (AND ALSO DIFFICULT FOR SOME
KENYANS!) BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO KNOW WHICH WORD GOES WITH WHAT. JUST LIKE
IN FRENCH YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHICH NOUN IS LE AND WHICH ONE IS LA!
 PERSONS PRONOUNS

• MOI JE ME I MIMI NI
• TOI TU YOU YOU WEWE U
• LUI IL HIM HE YEYE A

• NOUS NOUS US WE SISI TU

• VOUS VOUS YOU YOU NINYI MU
• EUX ILS THEM THEY WAO WA
 PERSONS PRONOUNS

EXAMPLES:
• JE VAIS I AM GOING MIMI NINAENDA
• IL VA HE IS GOING YEYE ANAENDA
• NOUS ALLONS WE ARE GOING SISI TUNAENDA
 SOME COMMON VERBS
TO HAVE – KUWA NA
(LITERALLY TO “BE WITH/ETRE AVEC”)

KUWA NA IS IRREGULAR. IT IS CONJUGATED TO -NA-.

EXAMPLES
• YEYE ANA GARI KUBWA
• MIMI NINA GARI KUBWA
• SISI TUNA GARI KUBWA
• WAO WANA GARI KUBWA
• NINYI MNA OFISI KUBWA
• WEWE UNA OFISI KUBWA
 SOME COMMON VERBS
TO BE (SOMEWHERE) - KUWA

THE VERB TO BE (SOMEWHERE) KUWA IS CONJUGATED TO -KO-

• NIKO
• AKO
• YUKO
• TUKO
• MKO
• WAKO
 SOME COMMON VERBS TO BE
(SOMEONE/SOMETHING) - KUWA
THE VERB TO BE (SOMETHING/SOMEONE) IS CONJUGATED TO NI
• MIMI NI MZUNGU
• WEWE NI MWAFRIKA
• JACQUES NI MFARANSA
• OTIENO NI MWEUSI
• SISI NI WATU
• NINYI NI WASICHANA
• WAO NI WATOTO
 SOME COMMON VERBS
THE VERB TO DO - KUFANYA

• NINAFANYA KAZI
• UNAFANYA KAZI
• ANAFANYA KAZI
• TUNAFANYA KAZI
• MUNAFANYA KAZI
• WANAFANYA KAZI
 SOME COMMON VERBS
TO LOVE - KUPENDA
• 1ST PERSON NINAPENDA • MIMI NINAPENDA GARI KUBWA
• 2ND PERSON UNAPENDA • WEWE UNAPENDA OFISI NDOGO
• 3RD PERSON ANAPENDA • YEYE ANAPENDA SHULE YAKO
• 1ST PERSON (PL) TUNAPENDA • SISI TUNAPENDA BAISIKELI YETU
• 2ND PERSON (PL) MUNAPENDA • NINYI MUNAPENDA KAZI YENU
• 3RD PERSON (PL) WANAPENDA • WAO WANAPENDA CHAKULA CHAO
 SOME COMMON VERBS
TO WANT - KUTAKA
• NINATAKA
• UNATAKA
• ANATAKA
• TUNATAKA
• MUNATAKA
• WANATAKA
 SOME COMMON VERBS
TO GO - KUENDA
• NINAENDA
• UNAENDA
• ANAENDA
• TUNAENDA
• MUNAENDA
• WANAENDA

EXAMPLE IN A SENTENCE: NINAENDA KWA OFISI

 A LITTLE RULE ON CONJUGATION

SEE HOW CONJUGATION IS EASY? APART FROM KUWA AND KUWA NA! THE REST OF THE
VERBS, YOU JUST REMOVE THE KU- PREFIX AND ADD THE PERSON PRONOUN (NI- A- WA- AND
THE TENSE PREFIX NA)
• KUENDA BECOME NINAENDA. YOU WILL LEARN OTHER TENSES SHORTLY.
 STRANGE VERB THAT BREAKS CONJUGATION RULE?
TO EAT - KULA

ANAKULA
UNAKULA
NINAKULA
TUNAKULA
MUNAKULA
WANAKULA

• HMM, THIS BREAKS THE RULE? NO. IT IS VERY INFORMAL UNTIL IT IS OFTEN ACCEPTED. BUT THE
CORRECT WAY TO SAY IT IS ANALA! FORGET THIS. NO ONE WILL BLAME YOU IF YOU SAY
ANAKULA.
 CONJUGATING TWO VERBS

NOTICE THAT WHEN CONJUGATING TWO VERBS, FOR EXAMPLE I WANT TO OR I AM GOING
TO, YOU DO IT JUST LIKE IN FRENCH. CONJUGATE THE FIRST VERB AND LEAVE THE SECOND IN
INFINITIVE!
• JE VEUX ALLER. I WANT TO GO. NINATAKA KUENDA.
• JE VEUX MANGER. I WANT TO EAT. NINATAKA KULA
 EXAMPLES – CONJUGATING TWO VERBS
(VA FAIRE)
• MIMI NINAPENDA KULA
• MIMI NINATAKA KUENDA
• YEYE ANATAKA KULALA

• SISI TUNAENDA KUFANYA KAZI

• MIMI NINAENDA KULALA
 A CHEAT RULE

HERE IS A LITTLE CHEAT: ALL VERBS IN KISWAHILI START WITH KU- AND END WITH -A. THIS IS THE
INFINITIVE FORM. KUENDA. KUKULA. KUFANYA. YOU WILL LEARN ALL THESE AND SEE HOW EASY
IT IS.

• NEW WORD!: KUBWA IS BIG.

• NDOGO IS SMALL.
• MIMI NINA GARI NDOGO.
• WEWE UNA GARI KUBWA.
 TENSES
JANA – SASA - BAADAE
• PASSÉ PAST -LI-
• PRESENT PRESENT -NA-
• FUTUR FUTURE -TA-
• PASSÉ COMPOSÉ JUST PAST -ME-

NEW WORD ALERT!: SASA - NOW MAINTENANT

JANA - YESTERDAY HIER
KESHO - TOMORROW DEMAIN
LEO - TODAY AUJOURD'HUI
BAADAE LATER PLUS TARD/A TOUT A L’HEURE
 EXAMPLES – TENSES
• JUST HAPPENED GARI IMEENDA SASA
• IS HAPPENING GARI INAENDA LEO
• HAPPENED GARI ILIENDA JANA
• WILL HAPPEN GARI ITAENDA KESHO

• GARI IS CAR. CAN YOU NOW FOR YOUR OWN SENTENCE IN THE SAME WAY USING MIMI NI
(MOI JE)??
1. MIMI NINAENDA SHULE (AU PRESENT)
2. MIMI NI___ENDA SHULE (AU FUTUR)
3. MIMI NI___ENDA SHULE (HIER)
4. MIMI NIMEENDA SHULE (JUSTE A TOUT A L’HEURE)
 SOME VERBS
TO FORM SENTENCES WITH PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS BREAK UP THE VERB
AND PUT THE SENTENCE IN THE FORM OF PERSON-TENSE-VERB.
THE VERB IS USUALLY BROKEN BY REMOVING THE KU-. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE -ER IN SOME FRENCH
VERBS, AS IN ALLER, MANGER, PASSER
• KULA TO EAT MANGER
• KUJA TO COME VENIR
• KUENDA TO GO ALLER
• KUFIKA TO ARRIVE ARRIVER
• KUPITA TO PASS PASSER
• KULALA TO SLEEP DORMIR
• KUAMKA TO WAKE UP SE REVEILLER
 EXAMPLES – TENSES
• NITAFIKA. TAKE THE VERB KUFIKA. NI- TA - FIKA
• WALIENDA. TAKE THE VERB KUENDA. WA - LI - ENDA
• GARI IMEENDA. TAKE THE VERB KUENDA. ADD I - ME - ENDA

NOTE: I- IS THE IMPERSONAL PREFIX FOR ALL INANIMATE OBJECTS (NON-LIVING THINGS) GARI, OFISI,
SHULE ARE ALL INANIMATE SO WE USE I- TO FORM SENTENCES WITH THEM.

CAN YOU NOW FORM YOUR OWN SHORT SENTENCE? USE THE VERB KULALA.
JANA MIMI NILILALA
LEO WEWE U….LALA
KESHO JACQUES A…. LALA
 NEGATION
NEGATION IS DONE BY USING THE FOLLOWING PREFIXES BEFORE THE VERB.
• 1ST PERSON -SI
• 2ND PERSON -HU
• 3RD PERSON -HA

• 1ST PERSON (PL) - HATU

• 2ND PERSON (PL) - HAMU
• 3RD PERSON (PL) - HAWA
THIS WILL NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT THE VERB HAS A PREFIX AND A ROOT. KUENDA. KUSEMA. KUFANYA. KUPENDA.
THE LAST PART OF THE VERB THEN CHANGES FROM -A TO -I, BUT WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHICH DO NOT MATTER FOR NOW!
FOR EXAMPLE THE VERB KUENDA.
• SI-END-I.
• HU-END-I
• HA-END-I
 NEGATION - EXAMPLE IN A SENTENCE

• JE VAIS PAS A L'ÉCOLE - SIENDI KWA SHULE

• TU VAS PAS AU BUREAU - HUENDI KWA OFISI
• NOUS ALLONS PAS AUX MARCHÉ - HATUENDI KWA SOKO

NEW WORD ALERT! : KWA MEANS AU/A LA/AUX. SO KWA OFISI IS AU BUREAU

THIS NEGATION IS ALL IN PRESENT TENSE (I DO NOT/I AM NOT). WHAT IF YOU WANT TO SAY YOU
WILL NOT DO SOMETHING OR YOU DID NOT DO SOMETHING? A SUIVRE…
 SOME MORE NEGATION

FIRST, SOME VERBS

• KULA TO EAT MANGER
• KUSHIBA TO BE FULL RASSASIER
• KUSIKIA TO HEAR ECOUTER
• KUSEMA TO SAY DIRE
 SOME MORE NEGATION
SAY YOU HAVE EATEN BUT YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED. HOW DO YOU SAY, I AM NOT FULL? OR YOU HAVE
BEEN TOLD SOMETHING AND YOU DID NOT HEAR? OR YOU ARE TOLD SOMETHING IN KISWAHILI AND
YOU WANT TO SAY I DO NOT SAY KISWAHILI? THIS IS WHERE NEGATION IS IMPORTANT.

VERB PAST PARTICIPLE PAST TENSE FUTURE TENSE

• KUSHIBA NIMESHIBA - SIJASHIBA NILISHIBA - SIKUSHIBA NITASHIBA - SITASHIBA
• KUSIKIA NIMESIKIA - SIJASIKIA NILISIKIA - SIKUSIKIA NITASIKIA - SITASIKIA
• KUSEMA NIMESEMA - SIJASEMA NILISEMA - SIKUSEMA NITASEMA - SITASEMA

COMPLICATED? NO! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT THE NEGATER (SI - HU - HA) AND REPLACE THE
INDICATOR OF TENSE (NA- ME- LI- TA-)WITH ITS NEGATION.
 NEGATION IN PAST AND FUTURE TENSE
• ME - BECOMES - JA
• LI - BECOMES - KU
• TA - REMAINS - TA
FOR THE PLURAL NEGATIVE (HATU - HAMU - HAWA) THE SAME APPLIES
• HATU-JA-SHIBA - WE ARE NOT FULL
• HAMU-JA-SHIBA - YOU ARE NOT FULL
• HAWA-KU-SHIBA – THEY DID NOT GET FULL

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IS....

1. HATU-TA-SHIBA ...................
2. HAMU-TA-SHIBA ...................
 NEGATION IN PRESENT TENSE
WHAT IF YOU WANT TO NEGATE SOMETHING IN THE PRESENT TENSE? (I AM NOT/I DO NOT)
A BIT HARD....
• KUSHIBA NINASHIBA SISHIBI
• KUSEMA NINASEMA SISEMI
• KUENDA NINAENDA SIENDI

WHAT IS THE RULE HERE?

• YOU PUT THE NEGATION (SI - HU - HA) AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD. THEN YOU TAKE THE
ROOT OF THE VERB AND REPLACE THE -A AT THE END WITH AN -I.
• KUENDA. SIENDI SIENDI KWA OFISI I AM NOT GOING TO THE OFFICE
• KUSEMA. SISEMI SISEMI KISWAHILI I DO NOT SPEAK SWAHILI
 DISTANCES

• ICI HERE HAPA

• LA THERE PALE
• LA-BAS OVER THERE HUKO

• JE SUIS ICI MIMI NIKO HAPA

• TU EST LA WEWE UKO PALE
• ILS SONT LA-BAS WAO WAKO HUKO
 QUESTION TAGS
• OÚ WHERE WAPI
• QUI WHO NANI
• QUOI WHAT NINI
• QUEL(LE) WHICH GANI

• COMBIEN HOW MUCH NGAPI

• COMMENT HOW VIPI

• QUAND WHEN LINI?

• POURQUOI WHY KWA NINI?
 EXAMPLES
• QUEL EST TON NOM? WHAT IS YOUR NAME? JINA LAKO NI NANI?
• OU EST TON BUREAU? WHERE IS YOUR OFFICE? OFISI YAKO IKO WAPI?
• OU EST TA VOITURE? WHERE IS YOUR CAR? GARI YAKO IKO WAPI?
• QUAND EST TA REUNION? WHEN IS YOUR MEETING? MKUTANO WAKO UKO LINI?

SEE HOW THE SENTENCES ARE STRUCTURED? NOUN – POSSESSIVE FORM - VERB - QUESTION TAG
GARI - YAKO - IKO - WAPI?
OFISI - YENU -IKO -WAPI?
 EXERCISE

YOU ALREADY KNOW THESE VERBS. YOU ALSO KNOW THESE QUESTION TAGS. CAN YOU
TRANSLATE THESE?
• UTAENDA LINI? ......................
• UNAFANYA NINI?
• UNATAKA GANI?
• UNAPENDA NANI?
 REFLEXIVE
REFLEXIVE VERBS MEANS DOING SOMETHING TO SOMEONE, OR TO YOURSELF. IN FRENCH, WE HAVE
-SE- -TE- AND -ME- RIGHT? LIKE JE TE DIT OR JE ME REVEILLE. IN SWAHILI, THE SAME! JE TE DIT.
HERE ARE THE PREFIXES:
• MIMI -JI-
• WEWE -KU-
• YEYE -M-

• SISI -JI-
• NINYI -WA-
• WAO -WA-
 REFLEXIVE

REMEMBER THE VERB TO LOVE? IT WAS.... KUPENDA! YOU ARE RIGHT!

SO, TO SAY I LOVE MYSELF. YOU SAY? NINAJIPENDA

LET US BREAK IT DOWN.

• NI-NA-JI-PENDA I LOVE MYSELF JE M’AIME
• NI-NA-KU-PENDA I LOVE YOU JE T’AIME
• TU-NA-KU-PENDA WE LOVE YOU NOUS T’AIMONS
PERSON - TIME - REFLEXIVE - VERB
 REFLEXIVE
IF YOU WANT TO SAY HE LOVED ME?
• A-LI-NI-PENDA
• WA-LI-TU-PENDA

CAN WE NEGATE THIS? OF COURSE!

REMEMBER NEGATION IS DONE USING SI- HU- HA- FOR SINGULAR PERSON AND HATU- HAMU AND HAWA- FOR
PLURAL PERSONS.
• SI-JI-PEND-I
• HU-NI-PEND-I
• HA-NI-PEND-I
• HATU-JI-PEND-I
• HAMU-TU-PEND-I
• HAWA-KU-PEND-I
 POSITIONS
• SUR UP /TOP / ABOVE JUU
• SOUS DOWN / UNDER /BENEATH CHINI
• A COTE DU BESIDES KANDO
• A L’INTÉRIEUR INSIDE NDANI
• EN DEHORS OUTSIDE NJE

EXAMPLE IN SENTENCE
• PESA KIKO CHINI YA MEZA
• GARI IKO KANDO YA PARKING
• MIMI NIKO CHINI YA MTI
• SISI TUKO NDANI YA OFISI

NEW WORD ALERT!

MEZA = TABLE = LE TABLE
PESA = MONEY = L'ARGENT
MTI = TREE = L'ABRE
 SOME DAILY VOCABULARY – VOCABULAIRE
• CHAKULA REPAS FOOD
• OFISI BUREAU OFFICE
• BARABARA ROUTE ROAD
• MWANAUME HOMME MAN
• MWANAMKE FEMME WOMAN
• MZUNGU BLANC WHITE MAN
• MWEUSI (HOMME) NOIR BLACK MAN
• MSICHANA FILLE GIRL
• MEZA TABLE TABLE
• KARATASI PAPIER PAPER
• KALAMU STYLO PEN
• DIRISHA FENETRE WINDOW
 QUANTITIES

• KIDOGO
• MINGI
• KUBWA
 EMOTIONS
• CONTENT HAPPY FURAHA
• FROID COLD BARIDI
• CHAUD HOT MOTO
• DOUCE SWEET TAMU
• NOT SWEET KALI/CHUNGU
EXAMPLES
• TUSKER BARIDI
• CHAKULA MOTO
• PILIPILI KALI
• KAHAWA CHUNGU
 ADJECTIVES
• BONNE GOOD MZURI
• MAL BAD MBAYA
• GRAND BIG KUBWA
• PETITE SMALL NDOGO
• VITE QUICK HARAKA
• LENTEMENT SLOW POLE POLE
• OUVERT OPEN FUNGUA
• FERME CLOSE FUNGA
• PLEIN FULL JAA
• ABSOLUTMENT VERY KABISA
• TROP MUCH SANA
• BEAUCOUP A LOT MINGI
 ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES ALWAYS COME AFTER THE NOUN!

• GRANDE VOITURE GARI KUBWA
• PETIT BUREAU OFISI NDOGO
• BELLE ÉCOLE SHULE MZURI
• MAL VELO BAISIKELI MBAYA

• NINAFANYA KAZI MINGI

• NINASEMA KISWAHILI KIDOGO
• ANAKULA CHAKULA TAMU
• ANAENDA SAFARI POLEPOLE
 EXERCISE 1

NOW THAT YOU KNOW ALL THIS. HERE IS A TEST!

• 1. WHAT IS THE WORD FOR BICYCLE?
• 2. WHAT IS THE WORD FOR HIS?
• 3. WHAT IS THE WORD FOR BIG?
• 4. JOIN THESE WORDS TO SAY HIS BICYCLE IS BIG

ANSWER ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE----------→

 ANSWERS TO EXERCISE 1

• 1. WHAT IS THE WORD FOR BICYCLE? BAISIKELI

• 2. WHAT IS THE WORD FOR HIS? YAKE
• 3. WHAT IS THE WORD FOR BIG? KUBWA
• 4. JOIN THESE WORDS TO SAY HIS BICYCLE IS BIG -→ BAISIKELI YAKE NI KUBWA
THE ORDER IS -
• NOUN – POSSESIVE – ADJECTIVE E.G. BAISIKELI YAKE NI NDOGO
• NOUN – POSSESSIVE – VERB E.G. BAISIKELI YAKE IMEENDA
 EXERCISE 2
TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH/FRENCH WRITE IN PLURAL
• BAISIKELI IKO WAPI? • UNAENDA
• OFISI IKO WAPI? • UNAFANYA
• SHULE IKO WAPI? • UNAKULA
• UNASEMA

WRITE IN NEGATIVE
• BAISIKELI YANGU IKO WAPI? • UTAENDA
• OFISI YENU IKO WAPI? • UTAFANYA
• SHULE YAKO IKO WAPI? • UTAKULA
• UTASEMA
 VOCABULARY
PARTS OF THE BODY
 NUMBERS
• 1 MOJA • 9 TISA
• 2 MBILI • 10 KUMI
• 3 TATU • 11 KUMI NA MOJA
• 4 NNE • 12 KUMI NA MBILI
• 5 TANO • 13 KUMI NA TATU
• 6 SITA
• 7 SABA
• 8 NANE
 DAYS OF THE WEEK

• SAMEDI JUMAMOSI
• DIMANCHE JUMAPILI
• LUNDI JUMATATU
• MARDI JUMANNE
• MERCREDI JUMATANO
• JEUDI ALHAMISI
• VENDREDI IJUMAA
 FAMILY

• BABA FATHER
• MAMA MOTHER
• DADA SISTER
• KAKA BROTHER
• MWANA CHILD
• MJOMBA UNCLE
• SHANGAZI AUNT
• MTOTO BABY
 VOCABULARY
FOOD AND DRINKS
• NYAMA VIANDE • MCHELE DU RIZ
• JUISI JUS • UGALI PATTE
• MAJI EAU • SAMAKI POISSON
• SODA SODA • VIAZI POMME DU TERRE
• CHAI DU THÉ • MAZIWA DU LAIT
• MKATE DU PAIN • CHOMA GRILLÉ
• MBUZI LE CHEVRE • KARANGA PANNÉE
• NGOMBE VACHE • KUKU POULET
 SIMPLE PHRASES

• NINATAKA CHAKULA
• UNATAKA CHAKULA GANI?
• NINATAKA UGALI
• UNATAKA UGALI NA NINI?
• NINATAKA UGALI NA SAMAKI
• SAWA, UTAPATA SASA HIVI
• ASANTE
• KARIBU
 VOCABULARY
PLACES
• AIRPORT EROPOTI
• SCHOOL SHULE • BUS STATION KITUO CHA BASI
• OFFICE OFISI • POLICE STATION KITUO CHA POLISI
• SHOP DUKA • HOME NYUMBANI
• HOTEL HOTELI • WORK KAZI
• ROAD BARABARA
• HOSPITAL HOSPITALI