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Ch 2 Flashcards

1
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My father

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Baba yangu

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My mother

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Mama yangu

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My older brother

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Kaka yangu

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My sister

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Dada yangu

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5
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Welcome (to my) home

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Karibu nyumbani

Nyumbani - At home, In the house

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6
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What’s your name?

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Jina lako ni nani?

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7
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Where do you live?

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Unaishi wapi?

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8
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Where

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Wapi

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9
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Who

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Nani

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10
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Where do you live/Where are you staying?

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Unakaa wapi?

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11
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What are you doing? What do you do?

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Unafanya nini?

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12
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What

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Nini

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13
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What’s the matter?

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Kuna nini?

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14
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Do you speak Swahili/English?

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Unasema Kiswahili/Kiingereza?

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15
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Just, Only, Merely

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Tu

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16
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Bit, Little bit, small bit

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Kidogo

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17
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I speak just a little bit Swahili

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Ninasema Kiswahili kidogo tu

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18
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Sit down! Have a seat!

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Kaa chini!

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19
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I’m glad to see you!

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Nimefurahi kukuona!

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20
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How are things here?

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Habari za hapa?

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21
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Here are my grandparents

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Hawa hapa ni bibi yangu na babu yangu (‘These here are grandmother mine and grandfather mine’)

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22
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Here’s my father

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Huyu hapa ni baba yangu (‘This here is father mine’)

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23
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This is my friend

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Huyu ni rafiki yangu (‘This is friend mine’)

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24
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I’m glad to see/meet them

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Nimefurahi kuwaona

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25
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I like Tanzania a lot

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Ninapenda sana Tanzania (‘I like Tanzania a lot’)

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26
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Where does your friend come from?

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Rafiki yako anatoka wapi? (‘Friend yours come from where?’)

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27
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My friend comes from Stavanger

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Rafiki yangu anatoka Stavanger (‘Friend mine comes from Stavanger’)

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28
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Father/s

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Baba

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29
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Grandfather/s

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Babu

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30
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Grandmother/s, Mrs., Ma’am, Ms.

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Bibi

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31
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Older sister/s

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Dada

32
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Here

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Hapa

33
Q

Knock, knock!

A

Hodi hodi!

34
Q

Name/s

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Jina/majina

35
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Older brother/s

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Kaka

36
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To live

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Kuishi

37
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To live, to stay, to sit

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Kukaa

38
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To sleep

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Kulala

39
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To see

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Kuona

40
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To like, to love

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Kupenda

41
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Mother/s

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Mama

42
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Maternal uncle/s

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Mjomba/wajomba

43
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Grandchild/grandhildren

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Mjukuu/wajukuu

44
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Wife/wifes

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Mke/wake

45
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Nephew/s

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Mpwa/wapwa

46
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Child/children

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Mtoto/watoto

47
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Husband/s

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Mume/waume

48
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Teacher/s

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Mwalimu/walimu

49
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Student/s

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Mwanafunzi/Wanafunzi

50
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Parent/s

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Mzazi/wazazi

51
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Elder/s or older person/people

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Mzee/wazee

52
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And, with

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Na

53
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Sibling/s, relative/s, cousin/s

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Ndugu

54
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Grandmother/s

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Nyanya

55
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Friend/s

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Rafiki

56
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Paternal aunt/s

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Shangazi

57
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Not yet, still

A

Bado

58
Q

School, institute, colllege

A

Chuo

59
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University

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Chuo kikuu (‘School main/great’)

60
Q

Do you like Kiswahili/Tanzania?

A

Unapenda Kiswahili/Tanzania?

61
Q

Mr. (2)

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Baba / Bwana (-> Must address elder male with this + first or last name)
(Some people may be addressed by professional title - mwalimu, daktari, profesa..)

62
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Mrs./Ms. (2)

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Mama / Bibi (-> Must address elder female with this + first or last name)
(Some people may be addressed by professional title - mwalimu, daktari, profesa..)

63
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Professor

A

Profesa

64
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Noun class

A 
A category of nouns that are linked by form and sometimes also by meaning - I.e M-Wa class which include humans and other living beings as animals and insects (animate beings)
-Nouns belonging to the same class function grammatically in the same way
65
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Number of noun classes

A

8

66
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Noun class #1 - Which, how are the plurals in this class formed

A

M-Wa (Singular begin with m-, plural with wa-)
The plurals in this class are formed by replacing the m- with wa-
-Mtanzania -> Watanzania
-Mtoto -> Watoto
-Mwalimu -> Walimu

67
Q

Demonstratives - Definition

A

The words we use to point to people or things

68
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Demonstratives for the M-Wa class (#1) - This, These, That, Those

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This - Huyu
These - Hawa
That - Yule
Those - Wale

(These are only used with M-Wa nouns)

69
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How are possessive formed in Swahili

A

By taking a possessive root and ending a prefix depending on the noun class

70
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Possessive roots - My, Your, His/Her, Our, Your (pl), Their

A 
My - -angu
Your - -ako
His/Her - -ake
Our - -etu
Your (pl) - -enu
Their - -ao
71
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Possessives - #1/M-Wa
My
Your
His/her
Our
Your
Their
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Possessives - #1/M-Wa - W- for both singulars and plurals
My   wangu
Your   wako
His/her   wake
Our   wetu
Your  wenu
Their   wao

(Hawa ni watoto wangu (‘These are children mine’), Yule ni mwalimu wetu (‘That is teacher ours’), Hawa ni wazazi wenu? (‘These are parents yours’), Hawa ni wazazi wetu (‘These are parents ours’), Mume wake anasema kiswahili (‘Husband her speaks Kiswahili’)

72
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Forming negatives - Important characteristics (3)

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  1. The affirmative ending -a changes to -i in the negative
  2. The present tense infix -na- is omitted
  3. The negative prefix ha- (as in hapana) is added. The only two exceptions are in the mimi form, where the prefix is si- instead of ha- and in the wewe and yeye form where it is hu- and ha-
73
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Affirmatives and negatives of kutoka - 1st singular to 3rd plural

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Ni-na-toka   Si-toki
U-na-toka  Hu-toki
A-na-toka  Ha-toki
Tu-na-toka  Ha-tu-toki
M-na-toka   Ha-m-toki
Wa-na-toka   Ha-wa-toki
74
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To think

A

Kufikiri

75
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Ukoo

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Clan, kinship, family

76
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Jamaa

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Relative (Family member)

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