Swahili--N class Flashcards
morning
asabuhi
luck/fortune
bahati
road
barabara
cold (noun)
baridi
ice
barafu
letter
barua
price
bei
tea
chai
salt
chumvi
bottle
chupa
minute
dakika
medicine
dawa
news
habari
danger
hatari
tent
hema
evening
jioni
coffee
kahawa
pen
kalamu
paper
karatasi
work
kazi
seed
mbegu
vegetable
mboga
table
meza
car
gari
rain
mvua
chance/opportunity/spare time
nafasi
clothes
nguo
house
nyumba
machete
panga
iron (for clothes)
pasi
pepper
pilipili
permission
ruhusa
time/hour/watch
saa
reason
sababu
soap
sabuni
trip
safari
plate
sahani
area
sehemu
problem
shida
butter
siagi
day
siku
light (noun)
taa
garbage
takataka
date
tarehe
week
wiki
this (n class)
hii
that (n class)
ile
these (n class)
hizi
those (n class)
zile
of (linking article, n class, singular/plural)
ya / za
my (n class, singular)
yangu
your (n class, singular)
yako
his/her (n class, singular)
yake
our (n class, singular)
yetu
all of your (n class, singular)
yenu
their (n class, singular)
yao
my (n class, plural)
zangu
your (n class, plural)
zako
his/her (n class, plural)
zake
our (n class, plural)
zetu
all of your (n class, plural)
zenu
their (n class, plural)
zao
“it” subject prefix (for verbs)
i-
“they” subject prefix (for verbs)
zi-
“it” negated subject prefix
hai-
“they” negated subject prefix
hazi-
it is (location)
iko
they are (location)
ziko
it is not (location)
haiko
they are not (location)
haziko
which/that/whom (n class, singular)
ambayo
which/that/whom (n class, plural)
ambazo
it has (n class)
ina
they have (n class)
zina
it does not have (n class)
haina
they do not have (n class)
hazina
n class–consonant stem adjectives
n- (j, d, g, z), m- (v, b, mpya), ndefu (-refu)
n class–vowel stem adjectives
ny-
bad morning
asabuhi mbaya
rotten vegetables
mboga mbovu
few papers
karatasi chache
dirty car
gari chafu
small house
nyumba ndogo
short/low table
meza fupi
strange letter
barua ngeni
difficult time
saa ngumu
sharp machete
panga kali
dry evening
jioni kavu
big car
gari kubwa
how many pens
kalamu ngapi
flat road
barabara pana
new clothes
nguo mpya