Habitual Tense/Present Tense

Question 1

mimi huwa (husoma) ninasoma asubuhi

Answer 1

i usually study in the morning

Question 2

mimi huwa kupika (hupika) kila jioni

Answer 2

i usually eat every evening

Question 3

ninapoamka

Answer 3

when i wake up

Question 4

ninapomaliza

Answer 4

when i’m done/when i finish

Question 5

kila siku

Answer 5

every day

Question 6

halafu

Answer 6

and then

Question 7

chamshakinywa

Answer 7

breakfast

Question 8

chakula cha mchana

Answer 8

lunch

Question 9

chajio/chakula cha jioni

Answer 9

dinner

Question 10

kusahihisha

Answer 10

to grade

Question 11

hupiga mswaki na huoga

Answer 11

s/he brushes her teeth and takes a shower

Question 12

-sali

Answer 12

pray

Question 13

baada ya kuoga

Answer 13

after showering

Question 14

huanza (kuanza)

Answer 14

to begin/begins

Question 15

-angu

Answer 15

my/mine

Question 16

-ako

Answer 16

yours

Question 17

-ake

Answer 17

his/her

Question 18

-etu

Answer 18

ours

Question 19

-ao

Answer 19

theirs

Question 20

-enu

Answer 20

you (plural)

Question 21

dogo

Answer 21

small

Question 22

kubwa

Answer 22

big

Question 23

refu

Answer 23

tall

Question 24

fupi

Answer 24

short

Question 25

zuri

Answer 25

nice

Question 26

baya

Answer 26

bad

Question 27

kali

Answer 27

fierce

Question 28

pole

Answer 28

gentle

Question 29

kavu

Answer 29

dry

Question 30

bichi

Answer 30

raw

Question 31

bovu

Answer 31

rotten

Question 32

pana

Answer 32

wide

Question 33

embamba

Answer 33

slender

Question 34

zito

Answer 34

heavy

Question 35

ema

Answer 35

kind

Question 36

ekundu

Answer 36

red

Question 37

eusi

Answer 37

black

Question 38

eupe

Answer 38

white

Question 39

gumu

Answer 39

hard

Question 40

zima

Answer 40

living

Question 41

pya

Answer 41

new

Question 42

chungu

Answer 42

bitter

Question 43

tamu

Answer 43

sweet

Question 44

chache

Answer 44

few

Question 45

nene

Answer 45

fat

Question 46

nono

Answer 46

fat (animal)

Question 47

chafu

Answer 47

dirty

Question 48

vivu

Answer 48

lazy

Question 49

kuu

Answer 49

great

Question 50

tupu

Answer 50

empty

Question 51

ote

Answer 51

all

Question 52

epesi

Answer 52

light

Question 53

erevu

Answer 53

cunning

Question 54

ingi

Answer 54

much

Question 55

ingine

Answer 55

other

Question 56

mvulana

Answer 56

boy

Question 57

msichana

Answer 57

girl

Question 58

mtu

Answer 58

person

Question 59

prefix in the possessive for ONLY regular nouns of this class is W/W (it can start with an M in singular like mwalimu)

Answer 59

examples: mwalimu wangu (my teacher) wanafunzi wake (his/her students)

Question 60

prefix in the possessive from irregular nouns are Y/Z

Answer 60

examples: dada zangu wadogo (my small sisters)