Ch 5 Flashcards
1
Q
After studies/lessons/classes
A
Baada ya masomo
2
Q
Of course (“Without doubt!”)
A
Bila shaka!
3
Q
Break/s (I.e. school break), vacation/s, holiday/s
A
Likizo
4
Q
How was the break?
A
Habari za likizo?
5
Q
If you like
A
Kama unapenda
6
Q
To finish studies
A
Kumaliza masomo
7
Q
Printing paper (Paper for printing)
A
Karatasi ya kuchapishia
8
Q
(During the) time of break/vacation
A
Wakati wa likizo
9
Q
Why?
A
Kwa nini?
10
Q
Because
A
Kwa sababu
11
Q
Maybe, perhaps
A
Labda
12
Q
Language studies
A
Masomo ya lugha
13
Q
Secondary school
A
Shule ya sekondari
14
Q
We would like to buy …
A
Tungependa kununua …
15
Q
School items/, school suppy/lies
A
Kifaa cha shule/Vifaa vya shule
16
Q
Where did you go?
A
Ulienda wapi?
17
Q
What did you do?
A
Ulifanya nini?
18
Q
To see parents
A
Kuwaona wazazi
19
Q
For (the purpose of), Because of, For the sake of
A
Kwa ajili ya
Ajili - Reason, cause, sake
20
Q
Biology
A
Bayolojia
21
Q
Notebook/s
A
Daftari/madaftari
22
Q
Classroom/s
A
Darasa/madarasa
23
Q
Physics
A
Fizika
24
Q
Foreign
A
-geni
25
Hard, difficult
-gumu
26
Mathematics (2)
Hesabu, hesabati
27
Geography
Jiografi
28
Pen/s
Kalamu
29
If, when
Kama
30
Chemistry
Kemia
31
Jaribio
Test, attempt, experiment, trial
32
To take a test
Kufanya jaribio
Kufanya mtihani
(Jaribio: Test, attempt, experiment, trial)
33
To need
Kuhitaji
34
To remember
Kukumbuka
35
To finish
Kumaliza
36
To rest/relax
Kupumzika
37
Language
Lugha
38
Exam/s, test/s
Mtihani/mitihani
39
Pencil/s
Penseli
40
Color/s, paint/s
Rangi
41
Subject/s
Somo/masomo
42
Economics
Uchumi
43
Period/s, Time/s
Wakati/nyakati
44
More
Zaidi
45
Less
Kasoro
46
I'm a student at the university
Mimi ni mwanafunzi katika chuo kikuu
47
To graduate
Kuhitimu
48
I will graduate this year (2)
Nitahitimu mwaka huu
Nitamaliza masomo mwaka huu
(Kumaliza: To finish, to complete, to end)
49
My sister is in primary/elementary school
Dada yangu yuko shule ya msingi
50
Primary/elementary school
Shule ya msingi
| Msingi: Foundation, basis, essence
51
What kind? What type?
Gani?
52
What' your favourite subject?
Unapenda somo gani zaidi?
53
Language studies are important
Masomo ya lugha ni muhimo
54
Important
Muhimo
55
I need a new computer
Ninahitaji kompyuta mpya
56
Which exam are you taking?
Unafanya mtihani gani?
57
I have to study for my exam
Lazima nisome kwa ajili ya mtihani
58
Imperative (noun) (= have to)
Lazima
| -Lazima nisome kwa ajili ya mtihani - I have to study for my exam
59
To pass (I.e. exam)
Kufaulu
60
To pas (i.e. to transit)
Kupita
61
I passed my exam!
Nimefaulu mtihani!
62
Just fine
Nzuri tu
63
And you?
Na wewe?
64
Where did you go for break?
Ulienda wapi kwa likizo?
65
To become
Kuwa
| -Kwa sababu ninataka kuwa daktari - Because i wan't to become a doctor
66
Which subjects/classes do you like?
Wewe unapenda masomo gani?
67
I like ...
Mimi ninapenda ...
| -Mimi ninapenda historia, jiografia
68
Which language do you like?
Unapenda lugha gani? ('You like language which?')
69
To converse
Kuzungumza
70
Later
Baadaye
| -Baadaye Ali anazungumza na mwenyeduka - Later Ali talk with the bookstore salesperson
71
Shopowner/shopkeeper
Mwenyeduka
72
Writing pad/s
Karatasi ya kuandikia/Karatasi za kuandikia
73
Bag/s
Mfuko
74
Baggage
Mzigio
75
School bag/s
Mkoba wa shule
76
Do you need anything else?
Unahitaji nini zaidi?
77
Sare (2)
Free, for nothing
Uniform
-Sare za shule - School uniform
78
To want, to ask for, to request
Kutaka
79
To teach, to educate
Kufundisha
80
Haya (3)
1. These
2. OK, alright, come on
3. Shame, disgrace, humility, respect
81
Education, knowledge
Elimu
82
National
Kitaifa
83
International
Kimataifa
84
To apply
Kuomba
85
Present tense infix
-na-
86
Past tense infix
-li-
87
Future tense infix
-ta-
88
I study swahili
I studied swahili
I will study swahili
Mimi ninasoma Kiswahili
Mimi nilisoma Kiswahili
Mimi nitasoma Kiswahili
89
Subject marker of Ki-Vi class
3rd sg: ki-
| 3rd pl: vi-
90
Subject marker of N class
3rd sg: i-
| 3rd pl: zi-
91
If a noun refers to an animate being, how are it conjugated
The M-Wa subject prefixes will be used, regardless of which class it belongs to
92
Radio
Redio
93
To break down, to be ruined/damaged
Kuharibikia
94
To ruin, to damage, to destroy
Kuharibu
95
To get lost, to disappear
Kupotea
96
To sell
Kuuza
97
Past tense of 'to be' with examples
- I was a student
- The food was good
Use kuwa (As opposed to present tense where you only use si)
- Mimi nilikuwa mwanafunzi
- Chakula kilikuwa kizuri
98
Past tense of 'to have' with examples
- I had money
- The city had many people
Kuwa na (As opposed to only -na in present tense)
- Mimi nilikuwa na pesa
- Mji ulikuwa na watu wengi
99
Meeting/s
Mkutano
100
During the
Wakati wa
101
Far from ...
Mbali na ...
| -Mbali na benki - Far from the bank
102
In the ...
Ndani na ...
| -Ndani ya mfuko - In the bag
103
Near the ...
Karibu na
| -Karibu na nyumba
104
To call a doctor
Kuita daktari
105
Lake/s
Ziwa/maziwa
106
Desert/s (geography)
Jangwa/majangwa
107
From Monday through Friday
Kuanzia Jumatatu hadi Ijumaa
108
On Sundays
Siku za Jumapili
109
On the, Above, over
Juu ya
| -Juu ya meza - On the table
110
Outside the
Nje ya nyumba
| -Nje ya nyumba
111
Year/s
Mwaka/miaka
112
Week/s
Juma/majuma
113
Kipindi
Season
- Kipindi cha baridi - Cold season
- Kipindi cha joto - Hot season
- Kipindi cha mvua - Rainy season
114
Noon
Adhuhuri
115
To pass
Kupita
116
To drive, to conduct
Kuendesha
117
To consent, to approve, to receive
Kupokea
118
Clerk/s, secretary/s
Karani/makarani
119
Science
Sayansi
120
Feminine
| Masculine
kike, kiume
- Mhudume wa kike - Waitress
- Mhudume wa kume - Waiter
121
Law, regulation, constitution
Sheria
| -Mwanasheria - Lawyer, jurist
122
Nurse (Male, female)
Mwuguzi wa kiume (Male) / kike ( Female)
| -Wawuguzi wa kiume/kike - Nurses
123
Bahari
Sea
124
Without
Bila
125
To volunteer
Kujitolea
126
Asili
Origin, source, ancestor
| Basic, foundation
127
Volunteer/s
Mtu wa kujitolea/watu wa kujitolea
128
How to form negative past tense
Negation marker (ha-) + subject prefix + infinitive form (ku-). Use hu- and ha- for you and he/she/it. For mimi it's si- instead of ha-.
- Mimi sikusoma Kiswahii - I did'nt study Swahili
- Wewe hukusoma Kiswahili
- Yeye hakusoma Kiswahili
- Mimi sikuwa mwanafunzi - I was not a student
- Chakula hakikuwa kizuri - The food wasn't good
- Nyumba haikuwa ndogo - The house wasn't small
129
Alternative name for N noun class, why
I-Zi class
- Subject prefixes are i- and zi-
- Possessives and of prefixes are y- and z-
- Demonstratives are hii, hizi (this, these) and ile, zile (that, those)
130
N noun class - Subject prefixes
i- for sg., zi- for plural.
131
N noun class prefix of possessives and 'of'
y- and z- (YoungZ)
132
N noun class: this, these
Hii, hizi
133
N noun class: that, those
Ile, zile
134
Kalamu yanu, kalamu zangu
```
My pen, my pens
(The singular and plural forms of the nouns in the N-class are identical, the agreement markers on other elements of the sentence - verbs, possessives, demonstratives etc. will clearly show the number)
```
135
This dream (N-class), these dreams
Ndoto hii, ndoto hizi
136
Motokaa yangu iliharibika, translate
| Form the same sentence in plural
My car broke down
(i- = it subject prefix for N-class, -li- = past tense, kuharibika = to break down)
Motokaa zangu ziliharibika - My cars broke down
137
N-noun class - How to form adjectives (6)
Always the same in singular and plural, as with nouns in N-class.
1. If an adjective stem begins with -d, -z or -g, it takes the prefix n- to agree with the N-class nouns
- Kalamu ndogo, nyumba nzuri, , kazi ngumu
2. If -b or -pya --> m-
- Kahawa mbaya (bad coffee), meza mpya
3. If -vowel --> ny- or y-
-Safari nyingi (many trips), chaki nyeupe (white chalk), sukari yote (all the sugar), mvua njema (good rain)
(Most important exception is -ema (good), which becomes njema)
4. Animate nouns will always take M-Wa agreement on the adjective
- Tembo mkubwa, tembo wakubwa. Rafiki wawil (Two friends)
5. Change stem: -r --> nd- and -w --> mb-
(-refu (long, tall), -wili (two))
-Ndizi ndefu (a long banana/s)
-Lugha mbili (two languages)
6. For the rest of the adjective stems, there is no prefix at all
- n, -m, -ng, -p (except -pya), -f, -t, -s, -sh, -ch, -k..
- Shule kubwa, redio konge (old radio), stoo chafu (dirty storeroom/s), njia pana
138
All
-ote
139
Dirty
-chafu
140
Wide
-pana
141
Short
-fupi
142
Fourty
Arobaini
143
Eighty
Themathini
144
22 people
Watu ishirini na wawili
| 1-5 and 8 agree when used after a tens-place number, just as they do on their own
145
35 chairs
Viti thelathini na vitano
| 1-5 and 8 agree when used after a tens-place number, just as they do on their own
146
How to say 200-900 - Write 101, 125, 200, 300, 587
Mia (hundred) + number of hundreds
- 101: mia na moja
- 125: mia na ishirini na tano
- 200: mia mbili
- 300: mia tatu
- 587: mia tano na themathini na saba
147
Thousand
Elfu
148
22
Ishirini na mbili
149
35
Thelathini na tano
150
49
Arobaini na tisa
151
56
Hamsini na sita
152
60
Sitini
153
70
Sabini
154
95
Tisini na tano
155
Kindergarten
Shule za chekechea ('little things (
156
Elementary school
Shule ya msingi
| Msingi - Foundation, primary, basic
157
White/European person/people
Mzungu/wazungu
158
Kusoma (2)
To study, to receive education
| -Watoto wa Kenya husoma shule ya msingi mikae minane - Children from Kenya go to/attend primary school for 8 years
159
To sell
Kuuza
160
To get lost, to disappear
Kupotea
161
To fail (business, exam), to fall (down), to crash
Kuanguka
162
To wake up
Kuamka
163
Noun/s
Nomino/uwingi
164
Adjective/s
Kivumishi/vivumishi
165
Adverb/s
Kielezi/vielezi
166
Cold
Baridi
167
Warm, hot
Moto
168
Dinner
Chakula cha jioni
169
Spicy
-enye viungo vingi
| -enye: possessing, viungo: spices. having. vingi: lots, a lot
170
Spice/s
Kiungo/viungo
171
Kilometer/s
Kilometa
172
Metre/s
Mita
173
Mile/s
Maili
174
To save
Kuokoa
175
Fedha vs pesa
Fedha: Money, cash, funds, currency
Pesa: Money
176
Whole
-zima
177
Day
Siku
