Swahili--U class Flashcards
key
ufunguo - funguo
wood/timber
ubao - mbao
beard
udevu - ndevu
crack
ufa - nyufa
firewood
ukuni - kuni
page
ukurasa - kurasa
wall
ukuta - kuta
tongue
ulimi - ndimi
fork
uma - nyuma
hair
unywele - nywele
side
upande - pande
wind
upepo - pepo
night
usiku - siku
face
uso - nyuso
thread/string
uzi - nyuzi
period
wakati - nyakati
razor
wembe - nyembe
research
utafiti
this
huu
that
ule
these
hizi
those
zile
of (sing/plu)
wa - za
possessive pronouns (sing/plu)
wangu - zangu
subject prefixes (sing/plu)
u - zi
negative subject prefixes (sing/plu)
hau - hazi
locative (sing/plu)
uko - ziko
negative locative (sing/plu)
hauko - haziko
which/that (sing/plu)
ambao - ambazo
consonant stem adjective prefix (sing)
m-
consonant stem adjective prefix (plu)
takes n-class rule: n- (j, d, g, z) m- (v, b, mpya) refu - ndefu otherwise no prefix
vowel stem adjective prefix (sing)
mw-
vowel stem adjective prefix (plu)
ny-
to have (sing/plu)
una - zina
to not have (sing/plu)
hauna - hazina
ufunguo - funguo
key
ubao - mbao
wood/timber
udevu - ndevu
beard
ufa - nyufa
crack
ukuni - kuni
firewood
ukurasa - kurasa
page
ukuta - kuta
wall
ulimi - ndimi
tongue
uma - nyuma
fork
unywele - nywele
hair
upande - pande
side
upepo - pepo
wind
usiku - siku
night
uso - nyuso
face
uzi - nyuzi
thread/string
wakati - nyakati
period
wembe - nyembe
razor
utafiti
research
huu
this
ule
that
hizi
these
zile
those
wa - za
of (sing/plu)
wangu - zangu
possessive pronouns (sing/plu)
u - zi
subject prefixes (sing/plu)
hau - hazi
negative subject prefixes (sing/plu)
uko - ziko
locative (sing/plu)
hauko - haziko
negative locative (sing/plu)
ambao - ambazo
which/that (sing/plu)
m-
consonant stem adjective prefix (sing)
takes n-class rule: n- (j, d, g, z) m- (v, b, mpya) refu - ndefu otherwise no prefix
consonant stem adjective prefix (plu)
mw-
vowel stem adjective prefix (sing)
ny-
vowel stem adjective prefix (plu)
una - zina
to have (sing/plu)
hauna - hazina
to not have (sing/plu)