Adjectives Flashcards by Lia Thompson

-baya

-bad

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-nene

-fat, thick

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-bovu

-rotten

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-ngapi?

-how many?

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-chache

-few (takes plural only)

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-chafu

-dirty

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-pana

-wide, broad, flat

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-dogo

-small, little

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-pya

-new

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-fupi

-short, low

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-refu

-long, deep, high, tall

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-geni

-strange, foreign, new (for people)

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-tamu

-sweet (sugary)

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-gumu

-hard, difficult

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-tupu

-empty, bare, pure (‘nothing but’)

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-kali

-fierce, sharp, steep, strict

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-vivu

-lazy, idle

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-kavu

-dry

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-zima

-whole

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-kubwa

-big, large

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-zito

-heavy

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-kuu

-great, main, important

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-zuri

-good, nice, pleasant, beautiful, lovely

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-kuukuu

-old (of things)

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-zee

-old (of people)

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Mtu mzuri

A nice person

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Watu wazuri

Nice people

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Mti mdogo

A small tree

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Miti midogo

Small trees

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Mwalimu mkali sana

A very strict teacher

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Mzigo mzito kabisa

An extremely heavy load

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Mtoto mchafu mfupi

A dirty, short child

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Mikate mitamu michache

A few sweet loaves

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Mizigo mizito mingapi?

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Watoto wangapi wanasoma?

How many children are reading?

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Anaficha mikono michafu

He is hiding dirty hands

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Mwanafunzi mnene mrefu anachukua mfuko mdogo mtupu

The tall fat pupil is carrying a small empty bag

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Mpishi mpya anapika mikate michache

The new cook is cooking a few loaves

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A bad door

Mlango mbaya

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A few loaves

Mikate michache

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A tall person

Mtu mrefu

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A lazy cook

Mpishi mvivu

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A whole loaf

Mkate mzima

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An empty bag

Mfuko mtupu

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High mountains

Milima mirefu

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A strange teacher

Mwalimu mgeni

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A fat woman

Mwanamke mnene

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A new game

Mchezo mpya

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A large town

Mji mkubwa

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Long legs

Miguu mirefu

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A small salary

Mshahara mdogo

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Heavy loads

Mizigo mizito

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Sweet bread

Mkate mtamu

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A steep mountain

Mlima mkali

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Dirty hands

Mikono michafu

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Sharp thorns

Miiba mikali

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Fierce fires

Mioto mikali

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Wenyeji wangapi?

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A small bad loaf

Mkate mdogo mbaya

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A very good salary

Mshahara mzuri sana

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A few long nails

Misumari mirefu michache

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A big fierce fire

Moto mkubwa mkali

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Long arms and short legs

Mikono mirefu na miguu mifupi

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A few small fierce insects

Wadudu wadogo wakali wachache

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Lazy old men

Wazee wavivu

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A whole big loaf

Mkate mkubwa mzima

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How many fat women?

Wanawake wanene wangapi?

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Strange European hunters

Wawindaji Wazungu wageni

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I am planting good new crops

Ninapanda mimea mizuri mipya

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He is trying a difficult examination

Anajaribu mtihani mgumu

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Shut the big doors!

Funga milango mikubwa!

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The small children are buying a good game

Watoto wadogo wananunua mchezo mzuri

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Watu wangapi wanakuja leo?

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The long nails are loose

Misumari mirefu inalegea

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We are looking for a dry river

Tunatafuta mto mkavu

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The small heavy doors are suitable

Milango midogo mizito inafaa

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Would you bring a few loads now!

Ulete mizigo michache sasa!

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Don’t cook with dirty hands!

Usipike na mikono michafu!

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Mwanamume mfupi

A short man

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Mito mipana

Wide rivers

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Mkate mkavu

Dry bread

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Mchezo mzuri

A good game

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Watoto wangapi?

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Mbuyu mkubwa

A large baobab tree

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Mganga mkuu

A great doctor

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Misumari michache

A few nails

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Mimea mirefu

Tall crops/plants

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Mwezi mzima

A whole month

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Tunaingia mji mkubwa

We are entering a large town

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Lete mfuko mtupu!

Bring an empty bag!

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Mimea mipya inasitawi

The new crops/plants are flourishing

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Mtoto mnene anachukua mzigo mdogo

The fat child is carrying a small load

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Mikate michache inatosha

A few loaves are sufficient

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Wageni wangapi wanakuja leo?

How many guests are coming today?

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Mtumishi anasafisha mlango mchafu

The servant is cleaning the dirty door

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Mkate mbovu unanuka

The rotten bread is stinking

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Ninahitaji mto mdogo

I need a small pillow

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Unajaribu mwendo mkali

You are trying a fierce speed

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-aminifu

-honest

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-ema

-good (character)

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-embamba

-thin, narrow, slender

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-ekundu

-red

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-epesi

-light, easy

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-erevu

-cunning, crafty

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-eupe

-white, light colored

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-eusi

-black, dark colored

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-ingi

-many, much

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-ingine

-some, another, other(s)

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Mtumishi mwaminifu

A trustworthy servant

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Watumishi waminifu

Trustworthy servants

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Mtu mwema

A good person

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Mzee mweusi

A dark old man

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Mtoto mwingine

Another child

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Watu wema

Good people

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Wazee weusi

Dark old men

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Wazungu wengi

Many Europeans

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Watoto wengine

Other children

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Mti mweusi

A dark tree

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Mlango mwekundu

A red door

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Mkate mwingi

Much bread

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Mto mwingine

Another river

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Miti myeusi

Dark trees

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Milango myekundu

Red doors

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Mikate mingi

Many loaves

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Mito mingine

Other rivers

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Kiti chepesi

A light chair

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Kiatu cheupe

A white shoe

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Kitambaa kingi

Much cloth

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Kitabu kingine

Another book

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Viti vyepesi

Light chairs

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Viatu vyeupe

White shoes

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Vitambaa vingi

Many cloths

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Vitabu vingine

Other books

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Mwizi mrefu mwerevu

A tall, cunning thief

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Watoto Wazungu wengi

Many European children

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Watoto waminifu wachache

A few trustworthy children

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Mlango mwembamba mwekundu

A narrow red door

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Mkate mweusi mwingine

Another brown loaf

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Miti mirefu myembamba mingi

Many tall, slender trees

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Lete kiti kizuri kingine

Bring another good chair

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Mfupi yule anangoja

That short person is waiting

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Wangapi wanataka kwenda?

How many (people) want to go?

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Ninataka wengine

I want some other people

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Faithful servants

Watumishi waminifu

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White bread

Mkate mweupe

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A good woman

Mwanamke mwema

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Red shoes

Viatu vyeekundu

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Another month

Mwezi mwingine

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Many people

(Watu) wengi

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A slender tree

Mti mwembamba

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A light load

Mzigo mwepesi

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A black book

Kitabu cheusi

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An honest African

Mwafrika mwaminifu

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Much cloth

Kitambaa kingi

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Many things

Vitu vingi

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A thin book

Kitabu chembamba

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A cunning thief

Mwizi mwerevu

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Thin bodies

Miili myembamba

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Dark materials

Vitambaa vyeusi

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Many rooms

Vyumba vingi

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Easy Swahili

Kiswahili chepesi

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Another rhinoceros

Kifaru mwingine

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Crafty labourers

Vibarua werevu

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This long narrow river

Mto mrefu mwembamba huu

That old man knows much good husbandry (agriculture)

Mzee yule anajua kilimo kizuri kingi

Bring another large red cup

Lete kikombe chekundu kikubwa kingine

How many small white mosquito nets?

Vyandalua vidogo vyeupe vingapi?

That big fire is putting out much black smoke

Moto mkubwa ule unatoa moshi mweusi mwingi

That examination was very easy

Mtihani ule ulikuwa mwepesi sana

That cunning animal is eating those red plants

Mnyama mwerevu yule anakula mimea myekundu ile

I need other efficient labourers

Ninahitaji vibarua waminifu wengine

We saw a fierce black rhinoceros in Serengeti

Tuliona kifaru mweusi mkali Serengeti

I am trying to learn this Swahili

Ninajaribu kujifunza Kiswahili hiki

Some children are playing a game

Watoto wengine wanacheza mchezo

He went to town to buy some potatoes

Alikwenda mjini kununua viazi

Many guests are coming to eat here today

Wageni wengi wanakuja kula hapa leo

We need other youths to help catch that cunning animal

Tunahitaji vijana wengine kusaidia kukamata mnyama mwerevu yule

He got a very thin nail in the foot

Alipata msumari mwembamba sana mguuni

That old man was a very good person

Mzee yule alikuwa mwema sana

We put some red cloth in the room

Tuliweka kitambaa chekundu chumbani

He needs a faithful animal to stay in the house

Anahitaji mnyama mwaminifu kukaa nyumbani

I need a few brown (dark) loaves

Ninahitaji mikate myeusi michache

Some inhabitants lived there many years

Wenyeji wengine walikaa pale miaka mingi

Kidonda chekundu

A red sore

Vitanda vyembamba

Narrow beds

Mlango mwingine

Another door

Moshi mweusi

Black smoke

Mikono myeupe

White hands

Kijana mwerevu

A cunning youth

Mimea mingi

Many crops/plants

Kitu kingine

Another thing (something else)

Weusi

Dark people

Milima myeusi

Dark/black mountains

Nilinunua kitabu kingine kile

I bought that other book

Vitu vingine vilikuwa vyekundu, vingine vilikuwa vyeusi

Some things were red, others were black

Wanawake wengi walikuwa mjini; wengine walikaa nyumbani

Many women were in the town, others stayed at home

Unaweza kuchukua mizigo myepesi hii; ile inaweza kubaki hapa

You can take this light luggage, those can remain here

Mtumishi mwaminifu anaweza kupata mshahara mkubwa

An honest/trustworthy servant can get a big wage

Wadudu weupe wale wanakula miti mibovu

Those white insects are eating rotten trees

Wageni wengi walifika Tanzania mwaka ule

Many visitors arrived in Tanzania that year

Mti mrefu mwembamba ulianguka pale

The tall slender tree fell over there

Lete chakula kingine hapa!

Bring some more food here!

Usafishe viatu vyeusi vingine vile

Would you clean those other black shoes?

bora

best, better, excellent

bure

useless

ghali

expensive

hodari

efficient, able, energetic, strong, clever

kamili

complete, exact

kila

every, each

laini

soft, smooth

maridadi

fancy, adorned fancifully

maskini

poor, miserable

rahisi

easy, cheap

safi

clean, pure

sawa

alike, equal

tayari

ready

tele

plenty of, many, much

wazi

open, plain

Kila mwaka

every year

Kila chumba

every room

Kila mtu

everybody

Kila kisu kikali

every sharp knife

Vyombo safi hivi

these clean vessels

Kitambaa ghali chekundu

expensive red cloth

Mito mipana tele

plenty of wide rivers

Watu bora wale

those best people

Vitu rahisi bure vile

those cheap useless things

A clean cloth

Kitambaa safi

Every month

Kila mwezi

Fancy food

Chakula maridadi

An able cook

Mpishi hodari

A cheap book

Kitabu rahisi

A useless container

Chombo bure

Soft pillows

Mito laini

The best people

Watu bora

Plenty of labourers

Vibarua tele

An open door

Mlango wazi

Equal pupils

Wanafunzi sawa

A poor cripple

Kiwete maskini

Everybody (every person)

Kila mtu

A useless game

Mchezo bure

The best chairs

Viti bora

Clean cups

Vikombe safi

Soft shoes

Viatu laini

Plenty of potatoes

Viazi tele

Clever children

Watoto hodari

Better agriculture

Kilimo bora

Every clever child

Kila mtoto hodari

Those fancy sweet loaves

Mikate mitamu maridadi ile

The complete meal (food) was ready

Chakula kamili kilikuwa tayari

Those poor small children

Watoto wadogo maskini wale

These open doors

Milango wazi hii

These small equal loads

Mizigo midogo sawa hii

Many strong labourers

Vibarua hodari wengi

This useless nail

Msumari bure huu

Every tree was tall

Kila mti ulikuwa mrefu

Every empty vessel

Kila chombo kitupu

Vitu rahisi vile vilikuwa bora

Those cheap things were best

Kila mwanafunzi alikuwa tayari

Every pupil was ready

Angalia mlango wazi ule!

Mind that open door!

Vitabu vingine vilikuwa ghali, vingine vilikuwa rahisi

Some books were expensive, others were cheap

Nilipata chandalua kingine, hiki kilikuwa bure

I got another mosquito net, this (one) was useless

Viatu safi viko wapi?

Where are the clean shoes?

Anataka kitu maridadi

He wants something fancy

Mwaka ule alikuwa maskini sana

That year he was very poor

Usilete vitu bure vile hapa

Don’t bring those useless things here

-ote

-all, the whole

-enye

-having, possessing, with

-enyewe

-self (myself, himself, itself, etc.)

-o -ote

-whatsoever, any at all

All the youths

Vijana wote

All the books

Vitabu vyote

Any work at all

Kazi yo yote

The house itself

Nyumba yenyewe

A two-roomed house

Nyumba yenye vyumba viwili

All the bread

Mkate wote

I went myself / I myself went

Nilikwenda mwenyewe / Mimi mwenyewe nilikwenda

All of you

Ninyi nyote

Remove all these things

Ondoa vitu vyote hivi

All the cloth

Kitambaa chote

It requires all your strength

Inahitaji nguvu yako yote

Any room will do

Chumba cho chote kitafaa

People with children

Watu wenye watoto

The owner of this house

Mwenye nyumba hii

Look at all those parts

Tazama vipande vyote vile / Tazama sehemu zote zile

The present itself was money

Zawadi yenyewe ilikuwa pesa

You can follow any path

Unaweza kufuata njia yo yote

Bring the chair with the cushion

Lete kiti chenye mto

Would all those having their salaries wait outside

Wale wote wenye mishahara yao wangoje nje

Ask anyone with a watch

Uliza yeyote mwenye saa

Would all those with children come with me

Wote wenye watoto waje nami

I myself went to Mombasa in order to fish, but did not get a fish at all

Mimi mwenyewe nilikwenda Mombasa ili nivue samaki lakini sikupata samaki yo yote

He wants you all to go there at 10:45 a.m. tomorrow

Anataka ninyi nyote mwende pale saa tano kasorobo kesho asubuhi

They passed the village but did not have a chance to see anyone at all

Walikipita kijiji lakini hawakupata nafasi ya kuona ye yote

‘What should I give you?’ ‘Anything will do’

‘Nikupe kitu gani?’ ‘Cho chote kitafaa’

The owner of this house has prevented all from entering these doors

Mwenye nyumba hii amezuia wote wasiingie milango hii

Tell the owner of this car to remove it

Mwambie mwenye motokaa hii aiondoe

We must all ask the farmer himself for permission

Lazima sote tumwombe mkulima mwenyewe kwa ruhusa

It has not rained any rain at all since Wednesday

Haijanyesha mvua yo yote tangu Jumatano

Bring all those things here without leaving anything behind

Vilete vitu vyote vile hapa bila kuacha cho chote nyuma

Uje saa yo yote

You may come at any time

Umesoma barua zote?

Have you read all the mail/letters?

Nipe barua ile yenye bahasha wazi

Give me that letter with the open envelope

Mimi mwenyewe sina motokaa lakini rafiki yangu ni mwenyewe wa motokaa hii

I myself have no car but my friend is the owner of this car

Sisi sote tumeanza

We have all started

Sijui kama yeye ana mkate wo wote, mwulize mwenyewe

I don’t know if he has any bread at all, ask him yourself

Yule mwenye kofia nyeusi ni rafiki yangu

That person with the black hat is my friend

Siwezi kukupa cho chote

I am unable to give you anything at all

Yeye mwenyewe anapenda mkate wenye chumvi

He himself likes bread with salt (salted bread)

Waambie watoto wote wasicheze mpira katika kiwanja kile

Tell all the children not to play football on that ground

-a baridi

-cold

-a bure

-free, useless

-a hatari

-dangerous

-a kawaida

-normal, usual, regular

-a kweli

-true

-a lazima

-necessary, compulsory

-a moto

-hot

-a mwisho

-last

-a mwitu

-wild (of the forest)

-a pori

-wild (of the bush)

-a siri

-secret

-a zamani

-old, ancient

-a kutosha

-sufficient, enough

-a kupendeza

-pleasing, pleasant

-a kufaa

-suitable

-a kukatia

-for cutting

-a kulimia

-for tilling, cultivating

-a kupimia

-for measuring

-a kusafishia

-for cleaning

-a kulia

-right (lit. for eating)

-a kushoto

-left

-a kike

-female

-a kiume

-male

-a Kihindi

-Indian type

-a Kizungu

-European type

-a kienyeji

-native type

-a kitoto

-child type, childish

-a kisasa

-modern, modern type

-a Kimasai

-Masai type

-a kwanza

-the first

-a pili

-second

-a tatu

-third

-a nne

-fourth

-a tano

-fifth

-a sita

-sixth

-a saba

-seventh

-a nane

-eighth

-a tisa

-ninth

-a kumi

-tenth

-a kumi na moja

-eleventh

-a kumi na mbili

-twelfth

-a mia

-hundredth

-a mia, ishirini na moja

-hundred and twenty-first

Wape watoto wale chakula cha kutosha

Give those children enough food

Mtoto wa kwanza atapata kitabu, wa pili atapata pesa

The first child will get a book, the second will get money

Watu wengine hawawezi kula chakula cha Kizungu

Some people are unable to eat European type food

Ni kitu cha lazima wakulima wote wafuate kilimo cha kisasa

It is a necessary thing that all farmers follow modern agriculture

Mkono wake wa kulia umevunjika kwa mara ya pili

His right arm is broken for the second time

Hot potatoes

Viazi vya moto

Cold meat

Nyama ya baridi

Free books

Vitabu vya bure

A secret meeting

Mkutano wa siri

A wild dog

Mbwa wa mwitu/porini

An old house

Nyumba ya zamani

The last day

Siku ya mwisho

A female cat

Paka wa kike

Native type clothing

Nguo za kienyeji

Normal work

Kazi ya kawaida

A measuring vessel

Chombo cha kupimia

The left arm

Mkono wa kushoto

A male child

Mtoto wa kiume

True news (pl.)

Habari za kweli

A cleaning cloth

Kitambaa cha kusafishia

The first thing

Kitu cha kwanza

Suitable plates

Sahani za kufaa

The second tree

Mti wa pili

A childish game

Mchezo wa kitoto

European food

Chakula cha Kizungu

Give me a carving knife (a knife for cutting meat)

Nipe kisu cha kukatia nyama

They have gone to look at the rain gauge (vessel for measuring rain)

Wamekwenda kutazama chombo cha kupimia mvua

We do not want native type hens, we need European type

Hatutaki kuku wa kienyeji, tunahitaji wa Kizungu

Children’s clothes are not obtainable in town

Nguo za kitoto hazipatkani mjini

He told us the first thing

Alituambia kitu cha kwanza

It is a very pleasant thing to go on safari to see wild animals

Ni kitu cha kupendeza sana kwenda safarini kuona wanyama wa porini/mwitu

I have bought an old Masai spear

Nimenunua mkuki wa zamani wa Kimasai

That cow has borne her second female offspring

Ng’ombe yule amezaa mtoto wa kike wa pili

People must not have secret meetings

Lazima watu wasiwe na mikutano ya siri

There is a free book for showing all these things

Kuna kitabu cha bure kuonyesha vitu vyote hivi

Mguu wake wa kulia umevunjika

His right leg is broken

Una karatasi za kutosha?

Have you enough paper?

Safari ya lazima

A necessary journey

Anakaa katika nyumba ya tano toka hapa

He lives in the fifth house from here

Hiki ni chombo cha kulimia

This is a cultivating tool/vessel

Amefanya kazi bure

He has done useless work

Amenunua motokaa ya kisasa kabisa

He has bought an extremely modern car

Wageni wamefika Tanzania kuona wanyama wa porini

Visitors have come to Tanzania to see wild animals

Alirudi siku ya pili

He returned on the second day

Pita barabara ya kushoto

Take the left hand road

Yu mwanachama wa chama cha siri

He is a member of a secret society

Wameanza mchezo wa nne sasa

They have started the fourth game now

Ninahitaji kitu cha kufungulia mlango huu kwa sababu haufunguki

I need something to open this door as it does not open

Yule ana mke wa kupendeza

That person has a pleasant wife

Yeye ni mgeni wa pili kuja leo

He is the second visitor to come today

Mke wake amezaa mtoto wa kike juzi

His wife has given birth to a female child the day before yesterday

Leo ni siku ya mwisho ya mtihani

Today is the last day of the examination

Ninataka karatasi ya kuandikia barua

I want some writing paper (letter writing paper)

Chakula cha Kihindi ni kikali kwa kawaida

Indian food is generally hot (fierce)

Mnalipwa mishahara ya kutosha

You (pl.) are paid sufficient wages

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