Ch 2 Flashcards
1
Q
My father
A
Baba yangu
2
Q
My mother
A
Mama yangu
3
Q
My older brother
A
Kaka yangu
4
Q
My sister
A
Dada yangu
5
Q
Welcome (to my) home
A
Karibu nyumbani
Nyumbani - At home, In the house
6
Q
What’s your name?
A
Jina lako ni nani?
7
Q
Where do you live?
A
Unaishi wapi?
8
Q
Where
A
Wapi
9
Q
Who
A
Nani
10
Q
Where do you live/Where are you staying?
A
Unakaa wapi?
11
Q
What are you doing? What do you do?
A
Unafanya nini?
12
Q
What
A
Nini
13
Q
What’s the matter?
A
Kuna nini?
14
Q
Do you speak Swahili/English?
A
Unasema Kiswahili/Kiingereza?
15
Q
Just, Only, Merely
A
Tu
16
Q
Bit, Little bit, small bit
A
Kidogo
17
Q
I speak just a little bit Swahili
A
Ninasema Kiswahili kidogo tu
18
Q
Sit down! Have a seat!
A
Kaa chini!
19
Q
I’m glad to see you!
A
Nimefurahi kukuona!
20
Q
How are things here?
A
Habari za hapa?
21
Q
Here are my grandparents
A
Hawa hapa ni bibi yangu na babu yangu (‘These here are grandmother mine and grandfather mine’)
22
Q
Here’s my father
A
Huyu hapa ni baba yangu (‘This here is father mine’)
23
Q
This is my friend
A
Huyu ni rafiki yangu (‘This is friend mine’)
24
Q
I’m glad to see/meet them
A
Nimefurahi kuwaona
25
I like Tanzania a lot
Ninapenda sana Tanzania ('I like Tanzania a lot')
26
Where does your friend come from?
Rafiki yako anatoka wapi? ('Friend yours come from where?')
27
My friend comes from Stavanger
Rafiki yangu anatoka Stavanger ('Friend mine comes from Stavanger')
28
Father/s
Baba
29
Grandfather/s
Babu
30
Grandmother/s, Mrs., Ma'am, Ms.
Bibi
31
Older sister/s
Dada
32
Here
Hapa
33
Knock, knock!
Hodi hodi!
34
Name/s
Jina/majina
35
Older brother/s
Kaka
36
To live
Kuishi
37
To live, to stay, to sit
Kukaa
38
To sleep
Kulala
39
To see
Kuona
40
To like, to love
Kupenda
41
Mother/s
Mama
42
Maternal uncle/s
Mjomba/wajomba
43
Grandchild/grandhildren
Mjukuu/wajukuu
44
Wife/wifes
Mke/wake
45
Nephew/s
Mpwa/wapwa
46
Child/children
Mtoto/watoto
47
Husband/s
Mume/waume
48
Teacher/s
Mwalimu/walimu
49
Student/s
Mwanafunzi/Wanafunzi
50
Parent/s
Mzazi/wazazi
51
Elder/s or older person/people
Mzee/wazee
52
And, with
Na
53
Sibling/s, relative/s, cousin/s
Ndugu
54
Grandmother/s
Nyanya
55
Friend/s
Rafiki
56
Paternal aunt/s
Shangazi
57
Not yet, still
Bado
58
School, institute, colllege
Chuo
59
University
Chuo kikuu ('School main/great')
60
Do you like Kiswahili/Tanzania?
Unapenda Kiswahili/Tanzania?
61
Mr. (2)
Baba / Bwana (-> Must address elder male with this + first or last name)
(Some people may be addressed by professional title - mwalimu, daktari, profesa..)
62
Mrs./Ms. (2)
Mama / Bibi (-> Must address elder female with this + first or last name)
(Some people may be addressed by professional title - mwalimu, daktari, profesa..)
63
Professor
Profesa
64
Noun class
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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
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65
Number of noun classes
8
66
Noun class #1 - Which, how are the plurals in this class formed
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
Demonstratives - Definition
The words we use to point to people or things
68
Demonstratives for the M-Wa class (#1) - This, These, That, Those
This - Huyu
These - Hawa
That - Yule
Those - Wale
(These are only used with M-Wa nouns)
69
How are possessive formed in Swahili
By taking a possessive root and ending a prefix depending on the noun class
70
Possessive roots - My, Your, His/Her, Our, Your (pl), Their
```
My - -angu
Your - -ako
His/Her - -ake
Our - -etu
Your (pl) - -enu
Their - -ao
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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
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(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
Forming negatives - Important characteristics (3)
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
Affirmatives and negatives of kutoka - 1st singular to 3rd plural
```
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
To think
Kufikiri
75
Ukoo
Clan, kinship, family
76
Jamaa
Relative (Family member)
