Adjectives 2 - Vowel stem adjectives Flashcards
-aminifu
Honest, trustworthy, faithful
-ema
Good (character); used mainly of people instead of -zuri
-embamba
Thin, narrow, slender
-ekundu
Red
-epesi
Light, easy
-erevu
Cunning, crafty
-eupe
White, light-coloured
-eusi
Black, dark-coloured
-ingi
Many, much
-ingine
Some (when referring to part of the whole), another, other(s)
Mwizi mrefu mwerevu
A tall, cunning thief
Watoto Wazungu wengi
Many European children
Watoto waminifu wachache
A few trustworthy children
Mlango mwembamba mwekundu
A narrow red door
Mkate mweusi mwingine
Another brown loaf
Miti mirefu myembamba mingi
Many tall, slender trees
Lete kiti kizuri kingine
Bring another good chair
Mfupi yule anangoja
That short person is waiting
Wangapi wanataka kwenda?
How many (people) want to go?
Ninataka wengine
I want some other people
Faithful servants
Watumishi waminifu
White bread
Mkate mweupe
A good woman
Mwanamke mwema
Red shoes
Viatu vyekundu
Another month
Mwezi mwingine
Many people
(Watu) wengi
A slender tree
Mti mwembamba
A light load
Mzigo mwepesi
A black book
Kitabu cheusi
An honest African
Mwafrika mwaminifu
Much cloth
Kitambaa kingi
Many things
Vitu vingi
A thin book
Kitabu chembamba
A cunning thief
Mwizi mwerevu
Thin bodies
Miili myembamba
Dark materials
Vitambaa vyeusi
Many rooms
Vyumba vingi
Easy Swahili
Kiswahili chepesi
Another rhinoceros
Kifaru mwingine
Crafty labourers
Vibarua werevu
This long narrow river
Mto mrefu mwembamba huu
That old man knows much good 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 to-day
Wageni wengi wanakuja kula hapa leo
We need other youths to help to 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
A red sore
Idonda chekundu
Narrow beds
Vitanda vyembamba
Another door
Mlango mwingine
Black smoke
Moshi mweusi
White hands
Mikono myeupe
A cunning youth
Kijana mwerevu
Many crops/plants
Mimea mingi
Another thing (something else)
Kitu kingine
Dark people
Weusi
Dark/black mountains
Milima myeusi
I bought that other book
Nilinunua kitabu kingine kile
Some things were red, others were black
Vitu vingine vilikuwa vyekundu, vingine vilikuwa vyeusi
Many women were in the town, others stayed at home
Wanawake wengi walikuwa mjini; wengine walikaa nyumbani
You can take this light luggage, those can remain here
Unaweza kuchukua mizigo myepesi hii; ile inaweza kubaki hapa
An honest servant can get a big salary
Mtumishi mwaminifu anaweza kupata mshahara mkubwa
Those white insects are eating rotten trees
Wadudu weupe wale wanakula miti mibovu
Many visitors arrived in Tanzania that year
Wageni wengi walifika Tanzania mwaka ule
The tall slender tree fell over there
Mti mrefu mwembamba ulianguka pale
Bring some more food here!
Lete chakula kingine hapa
Would you clean those other black shoes
Usafishe viatu vyeusi vingine vile
