Cooper medical #1 Flashcards
How is je used to form questions?
- Beginning of the sentence
- End of the verb
- Unitwaje? (How are you called?)
Benefit/s
Faida
Danger/s
Hatari
Forbidden
Marafuku
Idea/s (3)
Wazo/mawazo
Fikra
Dhana
If (3)
Kama
Ikiwa
Endapo
Like (i.e. similar)
Kama
No (3)
La
Hapana (Lit. ‘there is not’)
Siyo/sio (Lit. ‘there is not’)
Perhaps (2)
Huenda
Labda
Kwa hisani yako
Please (‘By your kindness’) (Very formal)
Which sentence structure is often used instead of please in swahili
Naomba (‘I beg’) + subjunctive
To refuse to
Kukataa
Responsibility/es (2)
Jukumu/majukumu
Wajibu
Sometimes
Mara kwa mara
Someone, somebody
Mtu
Thank you (2)
Asante
Shukran
Until (2)
Mpaka
Hadi
Usually (4)
Kwa kawaida
Huwa
Aghalabu
Kama kawaida (Lit. ‘as usual’)
Very (2)
Sana
Mno
Wait! (2)
Subiri!
Ngoja!
Where? (2)
Wapi?
Mahali gani?
Yes (2)
Ndiyo
Naam
I want (2)
Naomba (Polite, ‘i beg’) + subjunctive
Nataka (Can be abrupt)
It means … (3)
Ina maana …
Inamaanisha …
Yaani (‘That is to say …’)
I have understood (2)
Nimeelewa
Nimefahamu
I have not yet understood (2)
Sijaelewa
Bado sijaelewa
She/he has agreed
Amekubali
She/he has not agreed
Hajakubali
For what reason? (2)
Kwa sababu gani?
Kwa faida gani? (Lit. ‘for what advantage?’)
Against (i.e. against malaria)
Dhidi ya ….
Alive (adj)
Hai
To alleviate (2)
Kutuliza Kupunguza mauivu ('To decrease pain')
Appointment
Miadi
To calm
Kutuliza
Comfort/s, relief
Faraja
To comfort
Kufariji
To cope
Kujimudu
To be curable
Kuponyeka
To cure (2)
Kuponya
Kuponyesha
To decrease
Kupungua
To cause to decrease
Kupunguza
To diagnose (3)
Kuchunguza ugonjwa ('To examine/scrutinize) Kutafuta ugonjwa ('To find/obtain/search/get') Kutambua maradhi ('To discern/recognize)
Emergency (2)
Dharura
Hali ya hatari