Vocab 1 Flashcards
1
Q
name
A
jina (5, p: majina)
2
Q
Welcome
A
Karibu
3
Q
How are you doing? How are things?
A
Habari gani?
4
Q
Hi, How are you?
A
Hujambo
5
Q
I’m fine.
A
Sijambo
6
Q
What’s your name?
A
Jina lako ni nani?
7
Q
My name is Kevan.
A
Jina langu ni Kevan
8
Q
Do you speak Swahili?
A
Unasema Kiswahili?
9
Q
Do you speak English?
A
Unasema Kiingereza?
10
Q
Thank you
A
Asante
11
Q
Good-bye
A
Kwaheri
12
Q
morning
A
asubuhi
13
Q
which/what
A
gani
14
Q
news
A
habari
15
Q
here
A
hapa
16
Q
this
A
huyu
17
Q
a little/few
A
kidogo
18
Q
to see/to meet
A
kukuona
19
Q
United States
A
Marekani
20
Q
American
A
mmarekani (1, p: wamarekani)
21
Q
also
A
pia
22
Q
peace, peaceful
A
salama
23
Q
very much, a lot
A
sana
24
Q
now
A
sasa
25
just, only
tu
26
Good morning/How's the morning going?
Habari za asubuhi?
27
Good afternoon/How's the afternoon going?
Habari za mchana?
28
Good evening/how's the evening going?
Habari za jioni?
29
I'm glad to see/meet you
Nimefurahi kukuona
30
See you!
Tutaonana!
31
Good night! (before bed)
Usiku mwema
32
Have a nice day!
Mchana mwema/Siku nzuri
33
Greeting from a younger person to an older one
Shikamoo (response: Marahaba)
34
to come from
kutoka
35
I come from the United States
Mimi ninatoka Marekani.
36
to live/stay/sit
kukaa
37
to like/love
kupenda
38
to sing
kuimba
39
to laugh
kucheka
40
to play/dance
kucheza
41
to write
kuandika
42
to live in
kuishi
43
to return to
kurudi
44
to think
kufikiri
45
Word used to indicate a question
je (or can omit and use rising intonation instead)
46
father(s)
baba
47
grandfather(s)
babu
48
grandmother(s)/Mrs., ma'am, Ms.
bibi
49
older sister(s)
dada
50
mother(s)
mama
51
older brother(s)
kaka
52
maternal uncle
mjomba (1, p: wajomba)
53
grandchild
mjukuu (1, p: wajukuu)
54
wife
mke (1, p: wake)
55
husband
mume (1, p: waume)
56
person
mtu (1, p: watu)
57
nephew
mpwa (1, p: wapwa)
58
child
mtoto (1, p: watoto)
59
parent
mzazi (1, p: wazazi)
60
elder/older person
mzee (1, p: wazee)
61
sibling(s), relative(s), cousin(s)
ndugu
62
who?
nani?
63
what?
nini?
64
grandmother(s)
nyanya
65
paternal aunt(s)
shangazi
66
How are things here?
Habari za hapa?
67
address(s)
anuani/anwani
68
or
au
69
blue
bluu
70
yard(s)/garden(s)
bustani
71
bathroom
choo (7, p: vyoo)
72
bedroom
chumba cha kulala (7, p: vyumba vya kulala)
73
window
dirisha (5, p: madirisha)
74
small, little
-dogo
75
red
-ekundu (adj), nyekundu (noun)
76
white
-eupe (adj), nyeupe (noun)
77
black
-eusi (adj), nyeusi (noun)
78
apartment(s)
fleti
79
car
gari (5, p: magari)
80
other
-ingine
81
kitchen/fireplace/stove/oven
jiko (5, p: majiko)
82
green
kijani
83
chair
kiti (7, p: viti)
84
computer(s)
kompyuta
85
old
-kongwe
86
to view, to watch
kuangalia
87
big
-kubwa
88
to come
kuja
89
There is/are
kuna
90
but
lakini
91
yellow
manjano
92
table(s)
meza
93
door
mlango (3, p: milango)
94
one
-moja (adj)
95
inside
ndani
96
outside
nje
97
house(s)
nyumba
98
new
-pya
99
television(s)
runinga, televisheni
100
Okay
sawa
101
dining room
sehemu ya kulia (9, p: sehemu za kulia)
102
pantry(ies)
stoo
103
three
-tatu (adj)
104
living room
ukumbi (11, p: kumbi)
105
where?
wapi?
106
two
-wili
107
beautiful, nice
-zuri
108
Let's go
Twende
109
tall, long
-refu
110
cup
kikombe (7, p: vikombe)
111
bottle(s)
chupa
112
thing
kitu (7, p: vitu)
113
not the same, not OK, not right
sio sawa
114
for example
kwa mfano
115
to exercise, work out
kufanya mazoezi
116
dinner, evening meal
chakula cha jioni, chakula cha usiku
117
homework
kazi za shule, mazoezi ya nyumbani
118
That's true, indeed
Ni kweli
119
to wash clothes
kufua nguo
120
boarding school
shule ya bweni
121
after
baada ya
122
food, meal
chakula (7, p: vyakula)
123
before
kabla ya
124
sharp, at a specific time, exact
kamili
125
every
kila
126
then
kisha
127
to wake up, get up
kuamka
128
to go
kuenda
129
to eat
kula
130
to buy
kununua
131
to shave
kunyoa ndevu
132
to take a shower or bath
kuoga
133
to brush teeth
kupiga mswaki
134
to cook
kupika
135
by
kwa
136
usually
kwa kawaida
137
first, at first
kwanza
138
life
maisha
139
early
mapema
140
time, watch(es), hour(s)
saa
141
school(s)
shule, skuli
142
cinema(s), movie(s)
sinema
143
different
tofauti
144
more, too much, extra
zaidi
145
exercise (noun)
zoezi (5, p: mazoezi)
146
to work
kufanya kazi
147
to do
kufanya
148
weekend
wikiendi
149
day(s)
siku
150
night(s)
usiku
151
gym
sehemu ya mazoezi
152
to converse
kuzungumza
153
if, when, like
kama
154
hygiene
usafi
155
in, at
katika
156
culture
utamaduni (11, p: tamaduni)
157
ball(s)
mpira
158
the same
sawa
159
what time
saa ngapi
160
cafeteria
mkahawa (3, p: mikahawa)
161
to visit
kutembelea
162
biology
bayolojia
163
notebook
daftari (3, p: madaftari), shajara
164
doctor
daktari (3, p: madaktari
165
classroom
darasa (3, p: madarasa)
166
physics
fizikia
167
foreign
-geni
168
hard, difficult
-gumu
169
mathematics
hesabu, hesabati
170
history
historia
171
geography
jiografia
172
pen(s)
kalamu
173
chemistry
kemia
174
item, supply
kifaa (7, p: vifaa)
175
to write
kuandika
176
to take a test
kufanya jaribio/mtihani
177
to need
kuhitaji
178
to remember
kukumbuka
179
to finish
kumaliza
180
to rest
kupumzika
181
to read, study
kusoma
182
break(s), vacation(s), leave(s)
likizo
183
language(s)
lugha
184
exam, test
mtihani (3, p: mitihani)
185
pensil(s)
penseli
186
color(s), paint(s)
rangi
187
subject
somo (3, p: masomo)
188
economics
uchumi
189
time
wakati (p: nyakati)
