-itika

Respond/Affirm

mchana

daytime/afternoon

Salama

Safety/Security/Peace

basi

well then, so, well

-fundisha

teach

haya

alright, okay

mmoja

one person

mwingine

other person, another person

sana

very much, a lot

sasa

now

-sema

speak, say

maamkio

greetings

sarufi

grammar

msamiati

vocabulary

moja

1

mbili

2

tatu

3

nne

four

tano

5

sita

6

saba

7

nane

8

tisa

9

kumi

10

asante

thank you

wengi

many (refers only to people)

-amkiana

greet one another

-jibu

answer

-uliza

ask

Funga/Fungeni

Close (imperative)

Fungua/Fungueni

Open (Imperative)

Sema tena

Repeat

Sema kwa sauti

Speak louder

Sikiliza/Sikilizeni

Listen (Imperative)

juu ya

about

mgonjwa/wagonjwa

sick (adj.)

sick person (n.)

jioni

evening

kidogo

a little bit

mimi, wewe, yeye, sisi, ninyi, wao

pronouns

mtoto/watoto

child

swali/maswali

question

-agana

say goodbye to eachother

baada ya

after

baina ya

between, among

dada

elder sister, sister

heri

happiness, good fortune

-kali

(to be?) strict, tough, hard

-karibu

come in, welcome, near

kijana/vijana

young person

kwa

with, by, to, for, etc.

kwa heri ya kuonana

goodbye til we see eachother again

marahaba

response to shikamoo (greeting for elders and superiors

mkali

strict, hard, tough person

mzuri/wazuri

good (person)

nani?

who?

-onana

see one another

-shikamoo

greeting for elders and superiors

-zungumza

-converse, chat

kwa muda

for a period of time

jina

name

mzima/wazima

healthy, in good condition (adj.)

adult, full grown person (n.)

chuo

school (typically university

or a Koranic School)

elimu

education

hali

condition/situation

huko

there, at a place mentioned previously

mgeni/wageni

guest, stranger

mtu/watu

person/people

schule, skuli

school

u hali gani?

what is your condition

response: mzima

msichana/wasichana

girl/girls

mvulana/wavulana

boy/boys

mwanamke/wanawake

woman/women

mwanamume, wanaume

man/men

bweni/mabweni

dormitory

isimu ya lugha

linguistics

-kaa

live, reside, remain

kwa nini?

why?

maabara

laboratory

mtaa, mitaa

street, section of town, neighborhood (and plurals)

njia

road, street, path

-safiri

travel

-taka

want

-toka

come from

utafiti

research

digri, shahada

degree (two words for it)

-fanya kazi

work (v.)

hapa

here

katika

in, on

mji, miji

town, city (sing. and pl)

mke, wake

wife, wives

mume, waume

husband(s)

-pata

get, obtain

pia

also

-rudi

return