KIU A

Question 0

I like to learn Swahili but I am having some trouble.

Answer 0

Ninapenda kujifunza Kiswahili lakini ninapata shida kidogo.

Question 1

I live in Kijabe but now I am staying in Dar Es Salaam.

Answer 1

Ninaishi Kijabe lakini sasa ninakaa Dar Es Salaam.

Question 2

Wake up (command).

Answer 2

Amka.

Amkeni.

Question 3

Think (command)

Answer 3

Fikiri.

Fikirini.

Question 4

Listen (command)

Answer 4

Sikiliza

Sikilizeni.

Question 5

She was angry yesterday.

Answer 5

Jana, alikasirika.

Question 6

What did you (plural) learn last week?

Answer 6

Wiki iliyopita, mlijifunza nini?

Wiki jana, mlijifunza nini

Question 7

Where were you staying in 2002?

Answer 7

Mwaka elfu mbili na mbili, ulikaa wapi?

Question 8

Culture

Answer 8

Utamaduni

Question 9

Vocabulary

Answer 9

Msamiati

Question 10

He knows how to cook ugali.

Answer 10

Anajua jinsi ya kupika ugali.

Anajua namna ya kupika ugali.

Question 11

I can ride a bicycle.

Answer 11

Ninaweza kupanda baiskeli.

Ninaweza kuendesha baiskeli.

Question 12

They ate with hands but I ate with a knife, fork and spoon.

Answer 12

Walikula kwa mikono lakini nilikula kwa kisu, uma na kijiko.

Question 13

When did you write the letter to your friend?

Answer 13

Lini ulimwandikia barua rafiki wangu?

Question 14

I bid goodbye.

Answer 14

Niliaga.

Question 15

They will not have a party tomorrow.

Answer 15

Hawatakuwa na sherehe kesho.

Question 16

My paternal aunt is a doctor.

My maternal aunt is a doctor.

Answer 16

Shangazi yangu ni daktari.

Mama yangu mdogo ni daktari.

Question 17

My maternal uncle is a pilot.

My paternal uncle is a pilot.

Answer 17

Mjomba wangu ni rubani.

Baba yangu mkubwa ni rubani.

Question 18

Which year were you born?

(Reply) It was 1970.

Answer 18

Ulizaliwa mwaka gani?

Ilikuwa 1970.

Question 19

How long will you be working?

Answer 19

Utafanya kazi muda gani?

Question 20

How long until we finish?

Answer 20

Muda gani mpaka tutamaliza.

Muda gani mpaka tumalize.

Question 21

What day is tomorrow?

Answer 21

Kesho itakuwa siku gani?

Question 22

What day was yesterday?

Answer 22

Jana ilikuwa siku gani?

Question 23

How do you spell “…”?

Answer 23

Unaandikaje “…”?

Question 24

Notebook

Answer 24

Daftari

Question 25

Which city do you come from?

Answer 25

Unatoka jiji gani?

(Reply) Ninatoka jimbo la Virginia karibu Washington.