Swahili Made Easy: A Beginner's Complete Course

ENGLISH-SWAHILI VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY 227 ENGLISH-SWAHILI VOCABULARY (WORDS USED IN THE EXERCISES) A again, tena age, umri agree, kubali, kualso , pia, vilevile and, na answer, jibu axe, shoka at home, nyumbani at school, shuleni B bad, baya banana, ndizi beautiful, zuri bed, kitanda, vibetter , bora (kuliko, -zuri kuliko) big, kubwa bit, a bit, kidogo body, mwili book, kitabu 228 SWAHILI MADE EASY bother, sumbua bottle , chupa box, sanduku, ma brave, hodari bread, mkate broad, pana bring, leta, kubut , lakini by, kwa, na C child, mtoto, wacity , jiji clean, safi coconut, nazi (pl) nazi come, ja, kuja come back, rudi, kucook , mpishi, wa- pika kucover , funika, kuD day, siku day before yesterday, juzi day after tomorrow keshokutwa today, leo VOCABULARY 229 difficult, gumu disease, ugonjwa, madress , nguo dog, mbwa door, mlango E each,each other, kila,na (attached to the end of the verb e.g.to like each other kupendana ear, sikio, maeasy , rahisi eat, la, kuelectricity , umeme every, kila everyday, kila siku everybody, kila mtu everywhere, popote, kila pahali eye, jicho, macho excellent, bora face, uso, nyuso few, chache field, shamba. ma- flour, unga flower, ua, mafood , chakula, vyaforbid , kataza, kufriend , rafiki (occassionaly pl marafiki) 230 SWAHILI MADE EASY G girl, msichana, wago , enda, kugood , zuri goodbye, kwaheri grass, majani great, kubwa greet, amkia guest, mgeni waH have, kuwa na has, ana hard, gumu hear, sikia here, hapa high, refu his, -ake home, at nyumbani hour, saa house, nyumba how? -je? (suffixed to verbs) how much, kiasi gani? how many, - ngapi? humanity, utu husband, mume, wa VOCABULARY 231 I ill, mgonjwa, waimportant , muhimu it is, ni it is not, si J joy, furaha just now, sasa hivi K kind, -ema know, jua, kuL language, lugha. laugh, cheka, kulearn , jifunza, kuletter , barua light (n) , mwanga, -epesi like, penda, ku-, kama 232 SWAHILI MADE EASY little, -dogo; a little, kidogo loaf, mkate, milong , -refu loss, hasara love, penda, kuM make, fanya, kuman , mtu, wamany , -ingi matter, jambo, mambo meat, nyama milk, maziwa money, fedha morning, asubuhi ; this morning, leo asubuhi mother, mama mountain, mlima, mimust , lazima N name, jina, manecessary , lazima new, -pya news, habari nice, nzuri VOCABULARY 233 O old man, mzee, waoften , mara nyingi or, au our, -etu P patient, mgonjwa pencil, kalamu place, pahali play, cheza, kupossible , it is inawezekana potato, kiazi, vipro fit, faida Q quarrel, gombana, ku-, ugomvi, ma question, swali quickly, upesi 234 SWAHILI MADE EASY R rain(n), mvua rain(v), nyesha, kuread , reading, kusoma river, mto, miroom , chumba, vyS sad, -enye, huzuni sadness, huzuni, uchungu safe, salama safety, usalama salt, chumvi say, sema, kuschool , at- shule , shuleni see, ona, kuseparate , tenga, kushame , haya sharp, kali she, yeye (mwanamke) shop, duka, mashort , fupi sick, mgonjwa, wasimple , rahisi sing, imba, ku- VOCABULARY 235 song, wimbo, nyimbo stone, jiwe, mawe speak, ongea, kustrong , -enye nguvu strength, nguvu sweet, -tamu swim, ogelea, kuT table, on the, meza, mezani. tall, -refu. tea, chai teacher, mwalimu, wateeth , meno (see tooth) than, kuliko theft, wizi thief, mwizi. wezi thing, kitu, vitomorrow , kesho too, pia too much, mno tooth, teeth, jino, meno town, mji, mitrouble , shida, taabu two, mbili 236 SWAHILI MADE EASY U unity, umoja universe, ulimwengu V various, mbalimbali very, sana W wall, ukuta, kuta what? nini? when? lini? where? wapi? which? -pi? gani? why? kwa nini? want, taka, kuwater , maji way, njia who? whose? nani? -a nani? wife, mke, wa-. will (future), -tawithout , bila VOCABULARY 237 woman, mwanamke,wanawake wonder, ajabu, maajabu work, kazi world, in the dunia, duniani write, andika Y yes, ndiyo yesterday, jana you, wewe youth, ujana Z zeal, bidii ; with zeal kwa bidii. ...