Swahili Made Easy: A Beginner's Complete Course

LESSON 28. NOMINAL PREFIXES

96 SWAHILI MADE EASY LESSON 28 NOMINAL PREFIXES SUMMARY Noun Class Adjective Verb Possessive Of (-a) M/WA M/MI KI/VI N øMA U PA KU m/wa m/mi ki/vi N Øma m/n pa ku Aff. a/wa u/i ki/vi i/zi li/ ya u/zi pa ku Neg. ha/hawa hau/hai haki/havi hai/hazi hali/haya hau/kazi hapa haku w/w w/y ch/vy y/z l/ya w/z p kw w w/y chlvy y/z l/y wiz P kw VERB “TO BE IN A PLACE” M/WA yuko/wako (is, are) MlMI uko/iko KI/VI kiko/viko N iko/ziko MA liko/yako PART ONE 97 U uko/ziko PA pako KU kuko U uko/ziko Singular Plural Mtoto yuko wapi? Watoto wako wapi? Mti uko hapa. Miti iko hapa Kitabu kiko mezani. Vitabu viko mezani Nyumba yako iko wapi? Nyumba zako ziko wapi? Yai liko jikoni. Mayai yako jikoni. Ufa uko wapi ? Nyufa ziko wapi? Pahali pako wapi? Mahali penu pako wapi? Kuimba kwake kuko wapi? Kuimba kwao kuko wapi? THIS AND THAT M/WA huyu/hawa (this, these) yule/wale (that, these) M/MI huu/hii ule/ile KI/VI hiki/hivi kile/vile N hii/hizi ile/zile MA hili/haya ule/zile PA hapa pale KU huku kule THAT AND THOSE (near you, or spoken about) Singular Plural M/WA huyo/hao mtu huo watu hao... M/MI huo/hiyo mti huo miti hiyo... KI/VI huyo/hivyo kitu hicho vitu hivyo 98 SWAHILI MADE EASY N hiyo/hizo nyumba hiyo nyumba hizo MA hilo/hayo jina hilo majina hayo U huo/hizo uso huo nyuso hizo PA hapo pahali hapo KU huko kusoma huko VERBS: ORDERS AND WISHES Singular Plural Singular Negative Plural soma, someni, read usisome, msisome, don’t read njoo njooni, come20 usije msije, don’t come kula kuleni, eat usile msile, don’t eat nende nendeni, go usiende msiende, don’t go nije tuje, may I come20 usije tusije, may we not come20 aje waje, he may come wasije wasije, they may not 20 As already should this may be translated in various ways, e.g. nije, may mean “may I come? I should come, etc...” depend on the context. Practice alone will enable you to know the right word the right word to use in a given context. ...