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Swahili Week 1
Swahili 1 week 1
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Undergraduate 4
08/27/2008
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Term
Jambo
 Definition
hi
Term
mwalimu
 Definition
teacher
Term
asante
 Definition
thank you
Term
Karibuni
 Definition
(p) welcome
Term
Wanafunzi
 Definition
(p) Students
Term
Mwanafunzi
 Definition
(s) student
Term
kitabu
 Definition
book
Term
hospitali
 Definition
hospital
Term
daktari
 Definition
doctor
Term
kitabu kimoja kimepotea
 Definition
One book is lost
Term
vitabu vitatu vimepotea
 Definition
books are lost
Term
Hakuna matata
 Definition
there are no worries
Term
kuna matata
 Definition
there are worries
Term
Uhuru
 Definition
Freedom
Term
Simba
 Definition
lion
Term
rafiki
 Definition
friend
Term
nala
 Definition
I eat
Term
mufulme
 Definition
king
Term
mtu
 Definition
man
Term
baba
 Definition
father
Term
tikiti
 Definition
ticket
Term
kiunguaja
 Definition
the language
Term
motto
 Definition
(s) child
Term
watato
 Definition
(p)child
Term
Walimu
 Definition
(p)teachers
Term
Nipo
 Definition
Im here
Term
niko
 Definition
In a general location
Term
nimo
 Definition
inside something
Term
hayupo
 Definition
she/he is not here
Term
Vizuri
 Definition
well, good
Term
karibu
 Definition
(s) welcome
Term
kwaheri
 Definition
(s) goodbye
Term
kwaherini
 Definition
(p)goodbye
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soma
 Definition
read
Term
sema/zungumza
 Definition
say, speak
Term
andika
 Definition
write
Term
Jimbu/ majibu
 Definition
Answer, Answers
Term
Uliza
 Definition
ask
Term
tamka
 Definition
pronounce
Term
jaribu tena
 Definition
try again
Term
kumbaka
 Definition
remember
Term
Asante (sana)
 Definition
thank you
Term
taja
 Definition
mention
Term
Funga Kitabu
 Definition
close your book
Term
fungua kitabu
 Definition
open your book
Term
Una swali
 Definition
do you have a question (s)
Term
Mna masurali
 Definition
do you have questions (p)
Term
Kuna swali
 Definition
is there a question
Term
Najua/sijui
 Definition
I know/ I don't know
Term
Sielewi/sifahamu
 Definition
I don't understand
Term
Sielewi/sifahamu
 Definition
I don't understand
Term
Sikiliza
 Definition
Listen (s)
Term
Sikilizeni
 Definition
Listen (p)
Term
tazama/angalia
 Definition
watch
Term
samahani
 Definition
pardon me
Term
tafadhali/hebu
 Definition
please
Term
rudia tafudhali
 Definition
repeat please
Term
tafudhali nyamamzeni
 Definition
keep quiet please (p)
Term
Tafudhali nyamaza
 Definition
keep quiet please (s)
Term
sema nyuma yangu
 Definition
repeat after me (s)
Term
semeni nyuma yangu
 Definition
repeat after me (P)
Term
Sema polepole
 Definition
say slowly
Term
sema kwa sudti ya juu
 Definition
say loudly
Term
Andika kwa kiswaahili
 Definition
write in swahili
Term
Andika kulu kiingereza
 Definition
write in english
Term
Ukurasa
 Definition
page
Term
darasa
 Definition
class
Term
somo
 Definition
lesson
Term
zoezi
 Definition
exercise
Term
sawa sawa
 Definition
okay
Term
ndihyo
 Definition
yes
Term
la hapana
 Definition
no
Term
Adija
 Definition
womans name
Term
Asubuhi
 Definition
morning
Term
au
 Definition
or
Term
baba
 Definition
father
Term
bibi
 Definition
ms., mrs., miss
Term
bwana
 Definition
mr., sir.
Term
gani
 Definition
what kind? what sort?
Term
habari
 Definition
news
Term
habari gani?
 Definition
whats the news? how are things
Term
hujambo
 Definition
how are you?
Term
Juma
 Definition
mans name
Term
-itika
 Definition
respond, affirm
Term
je
 Definition
used in asking a question, can be glossed as "what about?"
Term
mama
 Definition
mother
Term
mchana
 Definition
daytime afternoon
Term
mzee
 Definition
elder
Term
wazee
 Definition
elders
Term
ndugu
 Definition
sibling, relative
Term
nzuri
 Definition
good (adjective; used in response to havri greetings)
Term
slama
 Definition
safety, security, peace (used in greetings)
Term
-sema
 Definition
speak, say
Term
sijambo
 Definition
Im fine
Term
tu
 Definition
only, just, merely
Term
wewe
 Definition
you
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