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Swahili Ch. 8 Vocab
Elementary Swahili I- Mshomba, Penn, Tuseme Kiswahili
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12/06/2010
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Term
Agosti/Mwezi wa nane
 Definition
August
Term
Aprili/Mwezi wa nne
 Definition
April
Term
baada ya
 Definition
after

(followed by verb; e.g. "baada ya kula"=after eating...)
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bado
 Definition
not yet
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bahari
 Definition
sea
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bweni
 Definition
dormitory
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dakika
 Definition
minutes
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Desemba/Mwezi wa 12
 Definition
December
Term
Februari/Mwezi wa pili
 Definition
February
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hadi
 Definition
until, up to
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halafu
 Definition
and then, after which
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jana
 Definition
yesterday
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Januari/Mwezi wa kwanza
 Definition
January
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jua
 Definition
sun
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Julai/Mwezi wa saba
 Definition
July
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jumla
 Definition
total
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Juni/Mwezi wa sita
 Definition
June
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juzi
 Definition
the day before yesterday
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juzijuzi/majuzi
 Definition
recently
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kabla ya
 Definition
before
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kama
 Definition
about, like, such as, if
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kasoro
 Definition
less
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kesho
 Definition
tomorrow
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keshokutwa
 Definition
the day after tomorrow
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kisiwa
 Definition
an island
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-kua
 Definition
grow up
Term
kumbukumbu
 Definition
memories
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kusali
 Definition
to pray
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leo
 Definition
today
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Machi/Mwezi wa tatu
 Definition
March
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mambo
 Definition
things, issues
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mapema
 Definition
early
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mara
 Definition
suddenly, then
Term
mashua
 Definition
sailboat
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maziwa
 Definition
milk
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mbali
 Definition
far
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Mei/Mwezi wa tano
 Definition
May
Term
Meli
 Definition
ship
Term
moja kwa moja
 Definition
straight forward
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mara mojamoja
 Definition
once in a while
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mpaka
 Definition
until
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msikiti
 Definition
mosque
Term
mtondo
 Definition
the day after the day after tomorrow (three days from now)
Term
mtondogoo
 Definition
the day after the day after the day after tomorrow (four days from now)
Term
mwaka jana
 Definition
last year
Term
mwaka juzi
 Definition
the year before last
Term
mwenyewe
 Definition
him/herself
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mwezi jana OR mwezi uliopita
 Definition
last month
Term
ndege
 Definition
airplane, bird
Term
mgalawa
 Definition
canoe/canoes
Term
ngapi?
 Definition
how many?
Term
ni saa ngapi?
 Definition
what time is it?
Term
njiani
 Definition
on the way
Term
Novemba/Mwezi wa 11
 Definition
November
Term
nusu
 Definition
half
Term
Oktoba/Mwezi wa kumi
 Definition
October
Term
-panda
 Definition
climb, get on board, plant, ascend
Term
-penda
 Definition
to love
Term
-pokelewa
 Definition
be received
Term
robo
 Definition
quarter
Term
saa hizi
 Definition
at this time
Term
saa
 Definition
hour/s, time, watche/es
Term
-safiri
 Definition
travel, go on journey
Term
samahani
 Definition
excuse me/us
Term
samaki
 Definition
fish
Term
Septemba/Mwezi wa tisa
 Definition
September
Term
-tumia
 Definition
use, utilize
Term
-vua
 Definition
do some fishing (- samaki); take off clothes (- nguo)
Term
wengine
 Definition
others
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wenyeji
 Definition
hosts
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wenzake
 Definition
his/her colleagues
Term
wenzangu
 Definition
my colleagues
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-weza
 Definition
be able
Term
wiki jana/wiki iliyopita
 Definition
last week
Term
wote
 Definition
all people/animals/insects
Term
zaidi
 Definition
more
Term
afya
 Definition
health (use as "bless you")
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