Lesson 4 Exercise 5 - The Swahili Adjective

Question 1

Translate into Swahili:

Mothers are good cooks; doctors are good people

Answer 1

Mama ni wapishi wazuri; waganga ni watu wazuri

Question 2

Translate into Swahili:

Men and women are people; children are small people

Answer 2

Wanaume na wanawake ni watu; watoto ni watu wadogo

Question 3

Translate into Swahili:

Servants are nice men; servants are women

Answer 3

Watumishi ni watu wazuri; watumishi ni wanawake

Question 4

Translate into Swahili:

The visitors are tall men; the visitors are white men

Answer 4

Wageni ni watu warefu; wageni ni watu weupe

Question 5

Translate into Swahili:

Tatu is a good wife and Mashaka is a good child

Answer 5

Tatu ni mke mzuri na Mashaka ni mtoto mzuri

Question 6

Translate into Swahili:

Many men are good husbands and many women are good wives

Answer 6

Wanaume wengi ni waume wazuri na wanawake wengi ni wake wazuri

Question 7

Translate into Swahili:

Many pupils are small children and many teachers are old men

Answer 7

Wanafunzi wengi ni watoto wadogo na walimu wengi ni wazee

Question 8

Translate into Swahili:

Many people are sick, few men are doctors

Answer 8

Watu wengi ni wagonjwa, watu wachache ni waganga

Question 9

Translate into Swahili:

Many guests are tall people, few are short

Answer 9

Wageni wengi ni watu warefu, wachache ni wafupi

Question 10

Translate into Swahili:

Amina is an excellent teacher and a very good mother

Answer 10

Amina ni mwalimu hodari na mama mzuri sana

Question 11

Translate into Swahili:

Blind men are few, blind women are many

Answer 11

Vipofu wanaume ni wachache; vipofu wanawake ni wengi

Question 12

Translate into Swahili:

The children are all white and the old men are all black

Answer 12

Watoto wote ni weupe na wazee wote ni weusi