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Ch 11 Flashcards

1
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Continue! Go on!

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Endelea!

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File/s

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Faili/mafaili

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Situation, condition, status

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Hali

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Free

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Huru

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Tool/s, accessory/ies

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Kifaa/vifaa

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Laptop computer/s

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Kompyuta ya/za mkononi

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To watch, to look at

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Kuangalia

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To check your e-mail

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Kuangalia e-mail

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To print

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Kuchapisha

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To open a file

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Kufungua faili

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To save a file

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Kuhifadhi faili

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Abour

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Kuhusu

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To log on to a website

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Kuingia katika tovuti

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To be available

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Kupatikana

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To visit

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Kutembelea

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To manufacture, to fix

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Kutengeneza

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To send

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Kutuma

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To send a message

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Kutuma ujumbe

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To put, to place

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Kuweka

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To be used to

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Kuzoea

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Printer/s (2)

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Mashine ya/za kuchapisha

Printa

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Communication

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Mawasiliano

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Password

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Neno la siri

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Overseas

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Ng’ambo

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Picture/s, photograph/s

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Picha

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Excuse me. I’m sorry

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Samahani

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Screen/s (2)

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Skrini

Kioo cha kompyuta / Vioo vya kompyuta

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Problem/s, hardship/s (3)

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Tabu

Shaka/mashaka

Shida

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Website

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Tovuti

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Freedom

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Uhuru

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Document/s (2)

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Waraka/nyaraka

Dokyumenti

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Healthy, whole, complete

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-zima

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I’d like to send an e-mail

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Ningependa kutuma e-mail

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What’s your e-mail address?

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Anuani yako ya e-mail ni ipi?

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Where can i get onto the internet?

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Wapi nitaweza kupata mtandao

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Internet

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Mtandao

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Always (3)

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Milele
Kila wakati
Siku zote

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38
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Never (2)

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Kamwe

Asili

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39
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Congratulations! (2)

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Hongera!

Pongezi!

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40
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To push

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Kuumba

-umba! (Obstetrikk)

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Good luck

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Kwa bahati nzuri

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42
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Pregnancy, conception

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Mimba

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43
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Delivery, childbirth

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Uzalishaji

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44
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To give birth

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Kuzaa

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Almost

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Takriban, takribani

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46
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Page/s, leaflet/s

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Ukurasa/kurasa

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Company/ies

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Kampuni/makampuni

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Does your company have a website?

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Kampuni yako ina tovuti?

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49
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Does the hotel have internet access?

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Hoteli ina huduma za mtandao?

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Please send (it) as an attachment

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Tafadhali tuma kwa kiambatisho

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51
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I’d like to print a document

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Ningependa kuchapisha waraka

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52
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Certificate, diploma, degree

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Shahada

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53
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I use a PC at work and an Apple at home

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Ninatumia PC kazini na Apple nyumbani

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54
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No problem (2)

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Hakuna tabu

Hamna tabu

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55
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It’s true / That’s right

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Ni kweli

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Welcome, have a seat

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Karibu ukae

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How much do i owe (“will i pay”)?

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Nitalipa bei gani?

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58
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To switch on the computer

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Kufungua Kompyuta

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59
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They’re available

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Zinapatikana

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60
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It depends

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Inategemea

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Another time, sometimes

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Mara nyengine

62
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I’m at work

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Nipo kazini

63
Q

Let me visit

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Acha nitembelee

Commands (verb root in sg.) + verb –> Conjugate second verb in subjunctive

64
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Let me read

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Acha nisome

Commands (verb root in sg.) + verb –> Conjugate second verb in subjunctive

65
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They’re imported

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Vinaagizwa

Zinaagizwa..

66
Q

Where do you get them?

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Vinapatikana wapi?

67
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I’m good, and you? (More elaborate response to hujambo?)

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Mimi sijambo, na wewe?

68
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I’m all right

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Mimi mzima (pia)

69
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Is that possible?

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Inawezekana?

-Ningependa kutuma e-mail, inawezekana?

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If that’s okay (If conditions allow)

Ok, i’d also like to chat, if that’s okay (“if conditions allow”)

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… kama hali inaruhusu

Sawa, nataka kuchati pia kama hali inaruhusu

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To communicate

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Kuwasiliana

72
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To be/get used to

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Kuzoea

-Nimezoea sana PC - I’m really used to PCs

73
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Ass (Vulgar)

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Kitako/vitako

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To begin, to start, to originate

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Kuanza

75
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Mbona

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Why? For what reason? How?

-Samahani, mbona hii kompyuta haifanyi kazi? (Excuse me, why does this computer not work?)

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Halafu

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Afterwards, subsequently, then, next

77
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Modern, new, up-to-date (Adverb)

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Kisasa

-Kompyuta za kisasa

78
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Long ago, earlier, before

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Zamani

79
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Quickly, speedily

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Kasi
-Na vipi kasi ya mtandao? (And how fast is the internet? (‘And how fast/speed of internet)

(Can also be used as noun meaning speed)

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Kwa hivyo

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Therefore

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To enter, to go in

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Kuingia

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Perfect tense - What, use

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Expressed with “have” as in “have done”, “have gone” etc. It expresses a completed or accomplished action. It may also be used in Swahili to express a state of being, such as being late or being tired.

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Perfect tense - How to form

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Subject prefix + -me- + verb root

  • Mwalimu amefika (The teacher has (just) arrived)
  • Wanafunzi wameondoka (The students have (just) left)
  • Mpishi amepika (The cook has (just) cooked)
  • Mwanafunzi amejifunza Kiswahili (The student has learned Swahili)
  • Lucy ameenda darasani (Lucy has gone to class)
  • Wageni wamefika (The guests have arrived)

(Expressed with “have” as in “have done”, “have gone” etc. It expresses a completed or accomplished action. It may also be used in Swahili to express a state of being, such as being late or being tired.)
(Can use -mesha- instead of -me-. There is no great difference, the latter simply adds emphasis that the action has already taken place.)
(Mwalimu ameshaondoka (The teacher has already left). Watoto wameshakula chakula cha jioni (The children have already eaten dinner). Kitabu kimeshapotea (The book has already been lost). Umeshachelewa (You’re already late). Mwalimu hajaondoka (The teacher hasn’t left yet). Watoto hawajala chakula cha ioni (The children haven’t eaten dinner yet)

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Cook/s

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Mpishi/Wapishi

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Perfect tense - How to form negative

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  1. Replace the perfect infix -me- with -ja-
  2. Add the appropriate negative prefix before the subject marker
    - Nimezoa sana PC / Bado sijazoea sana PC (I’m really used to PCs / I’m not really used to PCs yet)
    - Nimechelewa / Sijachelewa (I’m late / I’m not late)
    - Wanafunzi wameondoka / Wanafunzi hawajaondoka (The students have left / The students haven’t left yet)
    - Wageni wamefika / Wageni hawajafika (The guests haven’t arrived yet)
    - Kiti kimevunjika / Kiti hakijavunjika (The chair is broken / The chair is not broken)
    - Basi limeondoka / Basi halijaondoka (The bus has left / The bus hasn’t left)

(This construction can often be translated with “not … yet” in English)

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Kuisha

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To end, to finish

87
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To steal

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Kumgondi

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Active vs passive voice/sentence

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In an English active sentence such as “The professor wrote the article”, the subject (the professor) is the doer of the action. In a passive sentence, though, the direct object (the article) becomes the subject, and the former subject, if it is expressed at all, is introduced by the preposition “by”: “The article was written by the professor”.
= Sentences with The + …. (object) + to be-variant + by + doer

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How to express the passive voice in Swahili

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It is expressed with a verb extension (suffix) which is -wa
(= Replace final -a with -wa)
(Kusema -> Kusemwa (To speak -> to be spoken by), Kuimba -> Kuimbwa (To sing -> to be sung by), kufundisha -> kufundishwa (To teach -> to be taught (by), kuwasha -> kuwashwa (To switch on/burn -> To be switched on/burned (by)).

Exceptions:

  1. If the basic verb ends in -aa or -ua –> remove a and use -liwa
    - Kuzaa -> Kuzaliwa (To have a child, to be born (by)
    - Kununua -> Kununuliwa (To buy, to be bought (by)
  2. -oa/-owa –> -lewa
    - Kuondoa -> kuondolewa (To remove, to be removed (by)
    - Kutoa -> Kutolewa (To take/put out, to be taken or put out (by)
  3. Foreign verbs: change the final vowel to -i if it doesn’t already end in -i, and then add -wa
    - Kuharibu -> Kuharibiwa
    - Kuhitaji -> Kuhitajiwa
  4. Monosyllabic verbs are irregular, and must be learnt on a case-by-case basis
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To build

To be built (by)

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Kujenga

Kujengwa (na)

91
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To manufacture/fix

To be manufactured / fixed by

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Kutengeneza

Kutengenezwa (na)

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To like/love

To be liked/loved (by)

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Kupenda

Kupendwa (na)

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To help

To be helped (by)

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Kusaidia

Kusaidiwa (na)

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To use

To be used (by)

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Kutumia

Kutumiwa (na)

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To eat

To be eaten (by)

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Kula

Kuliwa (na)

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To give

To be given (by)

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Kupa

Kupewa (na)

97
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To drink

To be drunk (by)

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Kunywa

Kunywewa (na)

98
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To destroy

To be destroyed (by)

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Kuharibu

Kuharibiwa (na)

99
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To try/test

To be tried/tested (by)

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Kujaribu

Kujaribiwa (na)

100
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To greet

To be greeted (by)

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Kusalimu

Kusalimiwa (na)

101
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To need

To be needed (by)

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Kuhitaji

Kuhitajiwa (na)

102
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To accept

To be accepted (by)

A

Kukubali

Kukubaliwa (na)

103
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To forgive

To be forgiven (by)

A

Kusamehe
Kusamehewa (na)
(One of the two exceptions to forming passive voice of verbs ending in -e/-i/-u)

104
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To forget

To be forgotten (by)

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Kusahau
Kusamehewa (na)
(One of the two exceptions to forming passive voice of verbs ending in -e/-i/-u)

105
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Passive voice

  • The teacher is teaching Swahili
  • Swahili is taught by the teacher
A
  • Mwalimu anafundisha Kiswahili
  • Kiswahili kinafundishwa na mwalimu

(The subject marker on the passive verb agrees with what would have been the object of the active sentence)

106
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Passive voice

  • A student destroyed the chair
  • The chair was destroyed by the student
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  • Mwanafunzi aliharibu kiti
  • Kiti kiliharibiwa na mwanafunzi

(The subject marker on the passive verb agrees with what would have been the object of the active sentence)

107
Q

President

A

Rais

108
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Passive voice

  • The president will appoint the minister
  • The minister will be appointed by the president
A
  • Rais atateua waziri
  • Waziri atateuliwa na rais

(The subject marker on the passive verb agrees with what would have been the object of the active sentence)

109
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Minister/s

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Waziri/mawaziri

110
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How to negative passive verbs

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Same rules as for active verbs

  • Kiswahili kinafundishwa na mwalimu - Kiswahili hakifundishwi na mwalimu (Swahili is taught by the teacher - Is not ..)
  • Maji jananywew na wanyama - Maji hayanywewi na wanyama (The water is being drunk by the animals - Is not ..)
  • Kiti kiliharibiwa na mwanafunzi - Kiti hakikuharibiwa na mwanafunzi
111
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Police officer/s

A

Askari

112
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Many/A lot of/Much (-ingi) and other/another (-ingine) - Form for M-Wa class

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Singular: Not used for ingi, mwengine
Plural: Wengi (Instead of wa + ingi it is contracted to wengi), wengine

(There are no singular non-count nouns, so there is no form of -ingi in singular, like in English where you can’t say “many child”, in other classes, you can only use -ingi with non-count singulars, or of course with all plurals.)

113
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Many/A lot of/Much (-ingi) and other/another (-ingine) - Form for Ki-vi class

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Singular: Kingi (Contracted ki + ingi), kingine
Plural: Vingi (Contracted ki + ingi), vingine

114
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Many/A lot of/Much (-ingi) and other/another (-ingine) - Form for Ji-Ma class

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Singular: Jingi, jingine
Plural: Mengi (Contracted ma + ingi), mengine

115
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Many/A lot of/Much (-ingi) and other/another (-ingine) - Form for N class

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Singular/plural: Nyingi, nyingine

116
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Many/A lot of/Much (-ingi) and other/another (-ingine) - Form for M-Mi class

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Singular: Mwingi, mwingine
Plural: Mingi, mingine

(For -ingi: The combination m + ingi is modified to produce mwingi. Again that applies only to non-count nouns: mchuzi mwingi (A lot of stew or sauce) or moto mwingi (A lot of fire). In the case of countable plural nouns, the combination of mi + ingi produces mingi: miguu mingi (many legs), mikono mingi (many hands/arms), miti mingi (many trees)..)

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Ingi: How to say much/a lot of and how to say many

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Much/a lot of –> Use singular noun + singular prefix on ingi (For “non-countable nouns”)

  • Mchuzi mwingi (A lot of stew)
  • Chakula kingi (A lot of food)

Many –> Use plural noun + plural prefix

  • Mchuzi mwingi (A lot of stew or sauce)
  • Moto mwingi (A lot of fire)
118
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How to ask which (I.e. “which” among similar or related objects)

a. M-Wa
b. Ki-Vi
c. Ji-Ma
d. N
e. M-Mi

A

Question suffix -pi + prefix according to noun class

a. M-Wa -> Yupi, wepi
b. Ki-Vi -> Kipi, vipi
c. Ji-Ma -> Lipi, yapi
d. N -> Ipi, zipi
e. M-Mi -> Upi, ipi

(Unapenda kitabu kipi zaidi? - Which book do you like most?)
(Unapenda vitabu vipi? - Which books do you like?)
(Familia yako inaishi nyumba ipi? - Which house does your family live in?)
(Unasema lugha zipi? - Which languages do you speak?)

119
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Must/Have to

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Lazima + verb in subjunctive

-Lazima nifanye kazi (I must work)

120
Q

To prepare

A

Kutayarisha

121
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Century

A

Karne

122
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Michache

A couple of years ago

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Couple

-Miaka michache nyuma - A couple of years ago …

123
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To bring

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Kuleta

124
Q

Revolution, overturning

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Mapinduzi

125
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Nowadays

A

Siku hizi

126
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Without

A

Bila

127
Q

To alter, to change, to modify (2)

A 
Kugeuza
Kubadili (Also to exchange, to trade)
128
Q

To send

A

Kutuma

129
Q

To learn, to study, to educate oneself

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Kujifunza

130
Q

Art, craft, artistry

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Sanaa

131
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Culture, civilization

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Utumaduni

132
Q

To affect

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Kuathiri

133
Q

World, earth

A

Dunia

134
Q

To spread, to distribute, to disseminate (2)

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Kueneza

Kuenea

135
Q

Instruction/s, teaching/s, doctrine/s, training/s

A

Funzo/mafunzo

136
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Mabaya

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Bad actions

-Ubaya: Badness

137
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Friend/s

A

Rafiki/marafiki

138
Q

Fiance/s, lover/s

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Mchumba/Wachumba

  • Machumba wa kike (Female)
  • Machumwa wa kiume (Male)
139
Q

Kwa hivyo

A

Therefore

140
Q

To accelerate

A

Kuharakisha

141
Q

Globalization

A

Utandawazi

142
Q

Border/s, frontier/s, barrier/s, boundary/ies

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Mpaka/mipaka

143
Q

To arrive (2)

A

Kufika

Kuwasili

144
Q

To be broken

A

Kuvunjika

145
Q

To break

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Kuvunja

146
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Forest, jungle

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Mwitu

147
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Piece/s

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Kipande/vipande

148
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To rent

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Kukodi

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