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Ch 6 Flashcards

1
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You can call me …

A

Unaweza kuniita ..

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2
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To can, to be able

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Kuweza

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How was the trip?

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Habari za safari?

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The trip is long

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Safari ni ndefu

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Road, street

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Barabara

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Bus station/s

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Kituo cha basi/vituo vya basi

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Near …, close to …

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Karibu na …

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By car

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Kwa gari

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Wildlife park, preserve

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Mbuga

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Masai Mara

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The Masai Mara National Park

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Mount Kilimanjaro

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Lima Kilimanjaro

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To climb a mountain, to go mountain climbing

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Kupanda mlima

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Highway/s

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Barabara kuu
(-kuu: great, major, chief, main, important)
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-kuu

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great, major, chief, main, important

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15
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So

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Basi

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16
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Bus/es

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Basi/mabasi

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17
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Store/s

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Duka/maduka

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18
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Car/s

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Gari/magari

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Hotel/s

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Hoteli

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20
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Building/s, construction/s

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Jengo/majengo

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21
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Office building/s

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Jengo la ofisi/majengo ya ofisi

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22
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Downtown, city center

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Kati kati ya mji

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23
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Preposition/s

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Kihusishi/vihusishi

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Between, in the middle of, central, in the midst of …

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Kati ya …

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Station/s, stop/s, stand/s

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Kituo/vituo

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26
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To be tired

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Kuchoka

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27
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To arrive (2)

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Kufika

Kuwasili

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28
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To need

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Kuhitaji

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29
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To leave, to depart

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Kuondoka

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30
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To climb

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Kupanda

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31
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To rest

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Kupumzika

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32
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Far

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Mbali

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33
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Wildlife park/s

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Mbuga

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34
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Restaurant/s

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Mkahawa/mikahawa

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35
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Mountain/s

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Mlima/milima

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36
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Animal/s

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Mnyama/wanyama

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37
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Mosque/s

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Msikiti/miskiti

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38
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Money (2)

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Pesa

Fedha

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39
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Trip/s, safari/s

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Safari

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40
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Now

A

Sasa

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41
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Shilling/s

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Shilingi

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42
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Market/s

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Soko/masoko

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43
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Train/s

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Treni/matreni

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44
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Beach/es (3)

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Ufuko/fuko
Ufukwe/fukwe
Pwaa/mapwaa

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45
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Airport/s

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Uwanja wa ndege/viwanja vya ndege

Uwanja: Field, area, plot

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46
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Interesting (3)

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  • zuri
  • a kupenda
  • a kuvutia
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47
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Where are the buses to the city?

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Mabasi ya kuenda mjini yako wapi?

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48
Q

Where is my hotel?

A

Hoteli yangu iko wakpi?

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49
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Where’s the bus station?

A

Kituo cha basi kiko wapi?

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50
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How do i get to the train station?

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Vipi ninaweza kuenda kituo cha reli/treni

Reli: Railroad, train

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51
Q

What’s the fare?

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Nauli kiasi gani?
(Nauli: Fare)
(Kiasi: Amount, quantity)

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52
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Fare/s, charge/s

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Nauli

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53
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Amount/s, quantity/ies

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Kiasi/viasi

54
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Are there tours to the wildlife park?

A

Kuna safari za kwenda mbugani?

55
Q

Is it far from here?

A

NI mbali kutoka hapa?

56
Q

is that true? Is that so?

A

Alaa kumbe?

57
Q

How are you doing mam?

A

Habari gani bibi?

Response: Nzuri (Fine)

58
Q

But you can call me Kim please

A

Lakini unaweza kuniita Kim tafadhali

59
Q

Sorry (Expressing compassion)

A

Pole

60
Q

Well, good (interjection)

A

Vizuri
(Also means beautifully, nicely, pleasantly)

Je? (Well?)

61
Q

The following day

A

Siku inayofuata

62
Q

To escort, to deliver, to send

A

Kupeleka

63
Q

Reason, cause, sake

A

Ajili

64
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Okay

A

Sawa

65
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Tourism

A

Utalii

66
Q

Ji-Ma class: Content

A

Many different types of nouns

  1. Many body parts that occur in pairs
    - Jicho/macho (Eye/s), sikio/masikio (ear/s), jino/meno (tooth, teeth)
  2. Fruits and plants
    - Jani/majani (leaf/leaves, grass), chungwa/machungwa (orange/s), limau/malimau (lemon/s), ua/maua (flower/s)..
  3. Inanimate objects
    - Jiwe/mawe (Stone/s), jambo/mambo (Matter/s, affair/s), dirisha/madirisha (Window/s)..

(Many Ji-Ma singulars do not have any prefixes, and some nouns only have a plural form (maji, maziwa, mafuta, maisha, maumivu..)

67
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Ear/s

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Sikio/masikio

68
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Tooth/teeth

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Jino/meno

69
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Lemon/s

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Limau/malimau

70
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Flower/s

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Ua/maua

71
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Fruit/s

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Tunda/matunda

72
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Stone/s

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Jiwe/mawe

73
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Matter/s, affair/s

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Jambo/mambo

74
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Name/s

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Jina/majina

75
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Egg/s

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Yai/mayai

76
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Box/es

A

Sanduku/masanduku

77
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Milk

A

Mazawi

78
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Oil

A

Mafuta

79
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Pain

A

Maumivu

80
Q

Reception desk

A

Mapokezi

81
Q

Ji-Ma demonstratives
This
These

A

Ji-Ma demonstratives
This –> Hili
These –> Haya

82
Q

Ji-Ma demonstratives
That
Those

A

Ji-Ma demonstratives
That –> Lile
Those –> Yale

(Hili ni datari, na lile ni sanduku - This is a notebook, and that is a box)
(Haya ni matunda, na yale ni maua - These are fruits and those are flowers)

83
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Ji-Ma Subject prefixes

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Sg.: li-
Pl.: ya-

(Machungwa haya yanatoka Florida - These oranges come from Florida)
(Basi linaondoka kituoni - The bus is leaving from the station)
(Gari hili liliharibika - This car broke down)

84
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Ji-Ma possessive and ‘of’ prefixes

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Sg.: L-
Pl.: y-
(Ji-Ma: Love You!)

(Basi lake lianaondoka kituoni - his bus is leaving the station)
(Gari langu liliharibika - My car broke down)

85
Q

Shoulder/s

A

Bega/mabega

86
Q

To ache, to hurt, to pain

A

Kuuma

-Bega lako liliuma - Your shoulder was aching

87
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Ji-Ma: Adjective agreement

A
  1. Most have no prefix in singular and ma- in plural
    - Gari zuri, magari mazuri
    - Chungwa dogo, machungwa madogo (Small orange, small oranges)
  2. One-syllabic adj: sg. take prefix ji-, pl. is still ma-
    - Gari jipya (new car), magari mapya (new cars)
  3. -vowel –> sg.: j-, pl.: m-
    - Jua jingi (a lot of sun), gari jeupe - magari meupe (white car, white cars), daftari jeusi - madaftari meusi, jiwe jekundu - mawe mekundu
88
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A lot, many

A

-ingi

89
Q

Sun/s

A

Jua/majua

90
Q

Darkness

A

Jingi

91
Q

-ko, -po and -mo - What

A

Verbs/a way of asking about location that’s used in Swahili. Instead of using the equivalent of “is” and a location, swahili uses -ko along with a location prefix that varies depending on the noun class

92
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-ko, -po, -mo: M-Wa noun class

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Sg.: yu-
Pl.: wa-
(Liz yuko wapi? - Where is Liz?)
(Liz na Mark wako wapi? - Where are Mark and Liz?)

93
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-ko, -po, -mo: Ki(ch)-Vi(vy) noun class

A

Sg.: ki-
Pl.: vi-
(Kiti kiko wapi? - Where’s the chair?)
(Vitabu viko wapi? - Where are the books?)

94
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-ko, -po, -mo: N noun class

A

Sg.: i-
Pl.: zi-
(Shule iko wapi? - Where’s the school?)
(Nyumba ziko wapi? - Where are the houses?)

95
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-ko, -po, -mo: Ji-Ma noun class

A

Sg.: li-
Pl.: ya-
(Gari lako liko wapi? - Where’s your car?)
(Madarasa yako wapi? - Where are the classrooms?)

96
Q

How to respond to -ko

Liz yuko wapi? - Where is Liz?. Kiti kiko wapi? - Where is the chair?. Nyumba ziko wapi? - Where are the houses?

A

Combine the appropriate prefix with -ko (general location), -po (specific location), -mo (location inside of something)

Finallu, a special location suffix -ni is added onto the noun expressing the location, as in nyumbani (in the house, at home), shuleni, darasani, sokoni (at the market), dukani…
(So -ni may be translated as a preposition such as in, at on, inside, to etc.)

(Mwalimu yuko wapi? –> Yuko nyumbani (He’s at home), yumo darasani (He’s in the classroom))
(Kitabu kiko wapi? –> Kitabu kimo mfukoni (the book is in the bag), kitabu kipo mezani (the book is on the table)

97
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How to negate location expressions (-ko, -po, -mo)

A

Add the negative prefix ha- before the subject prefix and -ko, po-, -mo.

  • Mwalimu hayuko nyumbani (The teacher is not at home)
  • Wanafunzi hawamo darasani (The students are not in the classroom)
  • Kitabu hakipo mezani (The book is not on the able)
  • Vitu haviko dukani (Things are not at the store)
98
Q

How to make past and future tenses with -po, -ko and -mo location phrases

A

Appropriate form of kuwa (to be) + -ko/po/mo in one word

  • Mwalimu yuko nyumbani
  • Mwalimu alikuwako nyumbani
  • Mwalimu atakuwako nyumbani (The teacher will be at home)
  • Kitabu kipo mezani, kitabtu kilikuwapo mezani (the book was on the table), kitabu kitakuwapo mezani (the book will be on the table)
99
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How to negate past tense sentences with -po, -ko and -mo location phrases

A

Same as for past tense in general: ha- + subject prefix + infinitive verb form

  • Mwalimu hayuko nyumbani (The teacher is not at home)
  • Mwalimu hakuwako nyumbani (The teacher wasn’t at home)
  • Wanafunzi hawamo darasani (The students aren’t in the classroom)
  • Wanafunzi hawakuwamo darasani (The students weren’t in the classroom)
100
Q

Tourist/s

A

Mtalii/watalii

101
Q

Rhino/s

A

Kifaru/vifaru

102
Q

Hippo/s

A

Kiboko/viboko

103
Q

Root (Grammar)

A

Mzizi

104
Q

Government/s

A

Serikali

105
Q

To guard, to protect, to watch over

A

Kulinda

106
Q

Fortune/s, wealth/s, possession/s

A

Mali

107
Q

To bring

A

Kuleta

108
Q

Europe

A

Ulaya

109
Q

To get, to find, to obtain

A

Kupata

110
Q

Foreign, unusual, new, extraordinary, strange

A

-geni

111
Q

Tourism

A

Utalii

112
Q

Therfore

A

Kwa hivyo

113
Q

To pay, to compensate

A

Kulipa

114
Q

Help, aid, assistance, service

A

Huduma

115
Q

To assist, to help, to tend, to serve

A

Kuhudumia

116
Q

Coast/s, shore/s, beach/es

A

Pwani

117
Q

Wind/s, breeze

A

Upepo

118
Q

Sea/s

A

Bahari

119
Q

To get, to find, to obtain

A

Kupata

120
Q

Seafood

A

chakula kizuri cha baharini

121
Q

Right (side, hand)

A

Kulia

  • Turn right - pita kulia
  • Right hand side - mkono wa kulia
122
Q

Side, direction

A

Upande

123
Q

Left

A

Kushoto

  • Mkono wa kushoto - Left hand
  • Pita kushoto - Turn left
  • Upande wa kushoto - Left side
124
Q

Hill/s, mound/s

A

Kilima/vilima

125
Q

Left hand side

A

Upande wa mkono wa kushoto

126
Q

Right hand side

A

Upande wa mkono wa kulia

127
Q

Turn left/right

A

Pinda kulia/kushoto

128
Q

In front of

A

Mbele ya

129
Q

Behind ..

A

Nyuma ya …

130
Q

To leave, to go away

A

Kuondoka

131
Q

Grassland, savannah

A

Mbuga

132
Q

Handbag/s

A

Mkoba

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