Cooper medical #1 Flashcards
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Q
How is je used to form questions?
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- Beginning of the sentence
- End of the verb
- Unitwaje? (How are you called?)
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Q
Benefit/s
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Faida
3
Q
Danger/s
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Hatari
4
Q
Forbidden
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Marafuku
5
Q
Idea/s (3)
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Wazo/mawazo
Fikra
Dhana
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Q
If (3)
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Kama
Ikiwa
Endapo
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Q
Like (i.e. similar)
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Kama
8
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No (3)
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La
Hapana (Lit. ‘there is not’)
Siyo/sio (Lit. ‘there is not’)
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Q
Perhaps (2)
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Huenda
Labda
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Q
Kwa hisani yako
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Please (‘By your kindness’) (Very formal)
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Q
Which sentence structure is often used instead of please in swahili
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Naomba (‘I beg’) + subjunctive
12
Q
To refuse to
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Kukataa
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Q
Responsibility/es (2)
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Jukumu/majukumu
Wajibu
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Q
Sometimes
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Mara kwa mara
15
Q
Someone, somebody
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Mtu
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Q
Thank you (2)
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Asante
Shukran
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Until (2)
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Mpaka
Hadi
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Q
Usually (4)
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Kwa kawaida
Huwa
Aghalabu
Kama kawaida (Lit. ‘as usual’)
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Very (2)
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Sana
Mno
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Wait! (2)
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Subiri!
Ngoja!
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Q
Where? (2)
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Wapi?
Mahali gani?
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Yes (2)
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Ndiyo
Naam
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Q
I want (2)
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Naomba (Polite, ‘i beg’) + subjunctive
Nataka (Can be abrupt)
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It means … (3)
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Ina maana …
Inamaanisha …
Yaani (‘That is to say …’)
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I have understood (2)
Nimeelewa
| Nimefahamu
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I have not yet understood (2)
Sijaelewa
| Bado sijaelewa
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She/he has agreed
Amekubali
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She/he has not agreed
Hajakubali
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For what reason? (2)
Kwa sababu gani?
| Kwa faida gani? (Lit. 'for what advantage?')
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Against (i.e. against malaria)
Dhidi ya ....
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Alive (adj)
Hai
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To alleviate (2)
```
Kutuliza
Kupunguza mauivu ('To decrease pain')
```
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Appointment
Miadi
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To calm
Kutuliza
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Comfort/s, relief
Faraja
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To comfort
Kufariji
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To cope
Kujimudu
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To be curable
Kuponyeka
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To cure (2)
Kuponya
| Kuponyesha
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To decrease
Kupungua
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To cause to decrease
Kupunguza
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To diagnose (3)
```
Kuchunguza ugonjwa ('To examine/scrutinize)
Kutafuta ugonjwa ('To find/obtain/search/get')
Kutambua maradhi ('To discern/recognize)
```
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Emergency (2)
Dharura
| Hali ya hatari
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To feel (4)
Kusikia (Lit 'to hear)
Kujisikia
Kuhisi
Kuona (Lit 'to see')
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Fever
Homa
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First aid
Huduma ya kwanza
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Harm/s
Dhara/madhara
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Health authority
Mamlaka ya afya
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Healthy person
Mwenye afya nzuri
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Home visit
Huduma ya nyumbani
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To be ill
Kuugua
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To improve
Kupata nafuu
| Nafuu: Progress, profit, gain
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To increase (3)
Kuongeza
Kupanda
Kuzidi
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To inform (3)
Kuarifu
Kujulisha
Kuhabarisha
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To interview
Kuhoji
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Need(s), necessity (2)
Wahitaji
| Haja
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Ill person
Mgonjwa/wagonjwa
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Kuhaja
To need, to necessitate
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To optimise
Kuboresha
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Pain (2)
Maumivo
| Uchungu
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Very severe pain
Maumivu makali sana
| Makalai: Harshness, severity
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Lots of pain
Maumivu mengi sana
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Poverty
Umaskini
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To prevent
Kuzuia
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To recover
Kupona
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Relative
Ndugu
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Relief/s, comfort/s (2)
```
Nafuu
Faraja (also mercy, compassion)
```
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To feel relief
Kuona nafuu
| Kupata nafuu
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Strength
Nguvu
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To strengthen (2)
```
Kutia nguvu ('To put into')
Kuongeza nguvu
```
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To throb/pulsate
Kupuma
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To be weak
Kudhoofika
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Weak
Dhaifu
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To weaken
Kudhoofisha ('To make weak')
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To lose weight
Kuonda
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I want to go to the toilet
Nataka kuenda haja
| Haja: Need, necessity
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Answers to habari if the conditions are not so good (2)
Nzuri kidogo
| Sijambo kidogo
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How long has this lasted/How long have the conditions been like this?
Hali tangu lini?
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Good night (2)
Lala samala
Lala unono
('Sleep well')
(Unono: Comfort, luxury)
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How are you? (7)
1. Umzima? (sg)
2. Habari yako?
3. Uhali gani wewe?
4. Unaendeleaje? ('You are continuing/proceeding how?')
5. Hujambo? (sg), Hamjambo? (pl)
6. Jambo?
7. Mambo? (Informal in Tanzania), Mambo vipi?
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I am all right (4)
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Sijambo
Sina jambo ('I don't have affair/matter')
Nzuri
Safi (Informal in Tanzania, 'Clean')
Jambo sana (Eastern Congo)
```
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I have no problem (3)
Sina neno ('word')
Sina shida
Sina tatizo
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There is no problem (5)
1. Hamna tatizo
2. Hamna shida
3. Hamna neno
4. Hamna tabu
5. Hakuna matata (Kenya)
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I am not too bad
Sijambojambo
| Sijambo kidogo
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I am getting used to it (2)
Ninazoea
| Ninazoeazoea
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How is your family? (2)
Familia hawajambo?
| Familia wote wazima?
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See you again
Tutaonana ('We shall see each other')
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Byebye and see you again
Kwa heri na ya kuonana
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Get well soon! (3)
Ugua pole! ('Sick sorry'??)
Upate nafuu! ('Get progress')
Nakutakia kila la heri (Kutakia: To wish (for someone) (Kila: Happiness)
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Happiness, success
Heri
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Sorry (I.e. for my mistake) (2)
Samahani
Niwie radhi
(Radhi: Pardon, apology)
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Sorry (To acknowledge suffering) (2)
Pole (sg), poleni (pl)
| Pole sana
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Who are you?
Wewe ni nani?
94
How to greet elder person of higher social status
Shikamoo
| Reply with marahaba
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Good willing (Christian expression)
Mungu akipenda
| Mungu: God, idol
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We thank God
Tunamshukuru Mungu
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Let me introduce myself (to 1/several ppl) (2)
1. Napenda nijijulishe kwako .... (sg) Napenda nijijulishe kwenu ... (many people)
2. Nataka nijitambulishe
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My name is (2)
Jina langu ni ...
| Naitwa ...
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I am a medical student
Mimi ni daktari mwanafunzi
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Field of interest (2)
Fani ('type')
Ujuzi ('Possession of knowledge')
-Sina ujuzi katika sheria / mambo ya sheria siyo fani yangu (Law is not my specialty)
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Age
Umri
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Which country are you from?
Unatoka nchi gani?
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May i have your address?
Naomba anywani/anwani yako?
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How old are you? (2)
Una umri gani?
| Una miaka mingapi?
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Which year were you born?
Ulizaliwa mwaka gani?
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I would like your date of birth
Naomba tarehe ulipozaliwa
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Write your name here
Andika jina lako hapa
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When where you born?
Ulizaliwa tarehe gani?
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How many children do you have?
Una watoto wangapi?
