Vocab 1 Flashcards
name
jina (5, p: majina)
Welcome
Karibu
How are you doing? How are things?
Habari gani?
Hi, How are you?
Hujambo
I’m fine.
Sijambo
What’s your name?
Jina lako ni nani?
My name is Kevan.
Jina langu ni Kevan
Do you speak Swahili?
Unasema Kiswahili?
Do you speak English?
Unasema Kiingereza?
Thank you
Asante
Good-bye
Kwaheri
morning
asubuhi
which/what
gani
news
habari
here
hapa
this (person)
huyu
a little/few
kidogo
to see/to meet
kukuona
United States
Marekani
American
mmarekani (1, p: wamarekani)
also
pia
peace, peaceful
salama
very much, a lot
sana
now
sasa
just, only
tu
Good morning/How’s the morning going?
Habari za asubuhi?
Good afternoon/How’s the afternoon going?
Habari za mchana?
Good evening/how’s the evening going?
Habari za jioni?
I’m glad to see/meet you
Nimefurahi kukuona
See you!
Tutaonana!
Good night! (before bed)
Usiku mwema
Have a nice day!
Mchana mwema/Siku nzuri
Greeting from a younger person to an older one
Shikamoo (response: Marahaba)
to come from
kutoka
I come from the United States
Mimi ninatoka Marekani.
to live/stay/sit
kukaa
to like/love
kupenda
to sing
kuimba
to laugh
kucheka
to play/dance
kucheza
to write
kuandika
to live in
kuishi
to return to
kurudi
to think
kufikiri
Word used to indicate a question
je (or can omit and use rising intonation instead)
father(s)
baba
grandfather(s)
babu
grandmother(s)/Mrs., ma’am, Ms.
bibi
older sister(s)
dada
mother(s)
mama
older brother(s)
kaka
maternal uncle
mjomba (1, p: wajomba)
grandchild
mjukuu (1, p: wajukuu)
wife
mke (1, p: wake)
husband
mume (1, p: waume)
person
mtu (1, p: watu)
nephew
mpwa (1, p: wapwa)
child
mtoto (1, p: watoto)
parent
mzazi (1, p: wazazi)
elder/older person
mzee (1, p: wazee)
sibling(s), relative(s), cousin(s)
ndugu
who?
nani?
what?
nini?
paternal aunt(s)
shangazi
How are things here?
Habari za hapa?
address(s)
anuani/anwani
or
au
blue
bluu
yard(s)/garden(s)
bustani
bathroom
choo (7, p: vyoo)
bedroom
chumba cha kulala (7, p: vyumba vya kulala)
window
dirisha (5, p: madirisha)
small, little
-dogo
red
-ekundu (adj), nyekundu (noun)
white
-eupe (adj), nyeupe (noun)
black
-eusi (adj), nyeusi (noun)
apartment(s)
fleti
car
gari (5, p: magari)
other
-ingine
kitchen/fireplace/stove/oven
jiko (5, p: majiko)
green
kijani
chair
kiti (7, p: viti)
computer(s)
kompyuta
old
-kongwe
to view, to watch
kuangalia
big
-kubwa
to come
kuja
There is/are
kuna
but
lakini
yellow
manjano
table(s)
meza
door
mlango (3, p: milango)
one
-moja (adj)
inside
ndani
outside
nje
house(s)
nyumba
new
-pya
television(s)
runinga, televisheni
Okay
sawa
dining room
sehemu ya kulia (9, p: sehemu za kulia)
pantry(ies)
stoo
three
-tatu (adj)
living room
ukumbi (11, p: kumbi)
where?
wapi?
beautiful, nice
-zuri
Let’s go
Twende
tall, long
-refu
cup
kikombe (7, p: vikombe)
bottle(s)
chupa
thing
kitu (7, p: vitu)
not the same, not OK, not right
sio sawa
for example
kwa mfano
to exercise, work out
kufanya mazoezi
dinner, evening meal
chakula cha jioni, chakula cha usiku
homework
kazi za shule, mazoezi ya nyumbani
That’s true, indeed
Ni kweli
to wash clothes
kufua nguo
boarding school
shule ya bweni
after
baada ya
food, meal
chakula (7, p: vyakula)
before
kabla ya
sharp, at a specific time, exact
kamili
every
kila
then
kisha
to wake up, get up
kuamka
to go
kuenda
to eat
kula
to buy
kununua
to shave
kunyoa ndevu
to take a shower or bath
kuoga
to brush teeth
kupiga mswaki
to cook
kupika
by
kwa
usually
kwa kawaida
first, at first
kwanza
life
maisha
early
mapema
time, watch(es), hour(s)
saa
school(s)
shule, skuli
cinema(s), movie(s)
sinema
different
tofauti
more, too much, extra
zaidi
exercise (noun)
zoezi (5, p: mazoezi)
to work
kufanya kazi
to do
kufanya
weekend
wikiendi
day(s)
siku
night(s)
usiku
gym
sehemu ya mazoezi