Arabic Origin Adjectives Flashcards
useles
bure
best, better, excellent
bora
expensive
ghali
efficient, able, energetic, strong, clever
hodari
complete, exact
kamili
every, each
kila
soft, smooth
laini
fancy, adorned fancifully
maridadi
poor financially
maskini
easy, cheap
rahisi
clean, pure
safi
alike, equal
sawa
ready
tayari
plenty of, many, much
tele
open, plain, clear
wazi
these clean vessels/dishes/furniture
vyombo safi hivi
expensive red cloth
kitambaa ghali chekundu
plenty of wide rivers
mito mipana tele
those best people
watu wala bora
those cheap, useless things
vitu ghali, bure vile
every clever child
kila mtoto hodari
those fancy sweet loaves
mikate mitamu maridadi ile
the whole meal 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 laborers
vibarua hodari wengi
this useless nail
msumari bure huu
every tree was tall
kila mti ulikuwa mrefu
every empty vessel
kila chombo kitupu
kisahani safi sana
a very clean saucer
vitu rahisi vile vilikuwa bora
those cheap things were best
kila mwanafunzi alikuwa tayari
every student 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
where are the clean shoes?
viatu safi viko wapi?
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