Ch. 1: Vocabulary

Question 1

mbote

Answer 1

hello

Question 2

sango nini

Answer 2

what’s new?

Question 3

sango te

Answer 3

nothing new/not much

Question 4

sango malamu

Answer 4

things are good

Question 5

ozali malamu?

Answer 5

are you good?

Question 6

nazali malamu

Answer 6

I am good

Question 7

nazali malamu te

Answer 7

I am not good

Question 8

ozali malamu?

Answer 8

are you good?

Question 9

na yo?

Answer 9

and you?

Question 10

boni yo?

Answer 10

how are you?

Question 11

kombo na yo?

Answer 11

what is your name?

Question 12

kombo na ngai …

Answer 12

my name is …

Question 13

mundele

Answer 13

foreigner

Question 14

mindele

Answer 14

foreigners

Question 15

muasi

Answer 15

woman/wife

Question 16

mobali

Answer 16

man/husband

Question 17

ndeko

Answer 17

sibling

Question 18

ndako

Answer 18

house

Question 19

mosala

Answer 19

work

Question 20

mbuma

Answer 20

fruit

Question 21

ndunda

Answer 21

vegetables

Question 22

mayi

Answer 22

water

Question 23

malamu

Answer 23

good

Question 24

mabe

Answer 24

bad

Question 25

botondi/natondi ya

Answer 25

thank you

Question 26

soki okosepela

Answer 26

please

Question 27

ngai

Answer 27

me, mine

Question 28

yo

Answer 28

you, yours

Question 29

ye

Answer 29

him, her his hers etc

Question 30

biso

Answer 30

we, ours

Question 31

bino

Answer 31

you, yours

Question 32

bango

Answer 32

them, your

Question 33

na

Answer 33

and, on , in, of

Question 34

ya

Answer 34

of

Question 35

boye

Answer 35

so, thus

Question 36

ebele

Answer 36

many, a lot

Question 37

eh

Answer 37

yes

Question 38

kasi

Answer 38

but

Question 39

moke

Answer 39

few, little

Question 40

pe

Answer 40

and

Question 41

po

Answer 41

because

Question 42

po na nini

Answer 42

why

Question 43

soki

Answer 43

if

Question 44

tango mosusu

Answer 44

maybe

Question 45

te

Answer 45

no

Question 46

to

Answer 46

or