Question Verbs Flashcards
Wapi
Where are you from?
Where
Placed after verb
Unatoka Wapi
When
When were you born
Lini
Ulizaliwa
Place a start or end of sentence
How many
How many children do you have
Ngapi
Una watoto wangapi
Placed with noun
What
What are you learning
Nini
Unajifunza nini
Which
What kind of or what sort of
What kind of food do you like
Gani
Unapenda kula chakula gani
Who. Whom.
Whom do you like
Nani
Unampenda Nani
Can be placed at start or end of sentence
Why
Why are you laughing
Kwa Nini
Kwa Nini unacheka
Always at the beginning.
Yes or No question
Je at the beginning
Je, unatoka Tanzania
Are you from Tanzania
Je at the end of sentence
Unatoka Tanzania, Je
Are you from Tanzania
Je as verb suffix
Ulikujaje Tanzania
How did you come to Tanzania
As verb suffix at ask about how something is/was/will be done.
Je as “what about”
Mark anaweza kusema Kiswahili, wewe je?
Mark can speak Swahili. What about you?
