Week 4 Flashcards
1
Q
furaha
A
happiness
2
Q
-tembelea
A
to visit
3
Q
mjomba (pl. wajomba)
A
maternal uncle; buddy
4
Q
uwongo (pl. maongo)
A
lie
5
Q
siku za wiki
A
days of the week
6
Q
-pumuzika
A
to relax
7
Q
hadi
A
until (ex. Monday until Friday)
8
Q
-kwenda
A
to go (another word for -enda)
9
Q
shule
A
school
10
Q
Januari
A
january
11
Q
Februari
A
February
12
Q
Machi
A
March
13
Q
Aprili
A
April
14
Q
Mei
A
May
15
Q
Juni
A
June
16
Q
Julai
A
July
17
Q
Agosti
A
August
18
Q
Septemba
A
September
19
Q
Oktoba
A
October
20
Q
Novemba
A
November
21
Q
Disemba
A
December
22
Q
-a kwanza
A
first (ordinal)
23
Q
-a pili
A
second (ordinal)
24
Q
mwezi wa kwanza
A
January (lit. first month)
25
mwezi
month
26
lini?
when?
27
-ondoka
to leave
28
polisi
police
29
-pata
to get (ex. independence)
30
uhuru
independence
31
mbinguni
heaven
32
shetani
devil
33
tako (pl. matako)
ass cheek (pl. ass cheeks, also "you asshole!")
34
-amka
to wake up
35
mapema
early (e.g. waking up early, arriving to an appointment early, etc)
36
-kanusha
to negate
37
-kuja
to come
38
ha-
negation marker in the present and future tense
39
negating the present tense
ha + subject + verb stem ending with -i
40
negating the future tense
ha + subject + tense + verb
41
ugali
maize meal dish (with stew, etc)
42
tamu
tasty
43
kikapu (pl. vikapu)
basket
44
-pigana
to fight (lit. to beat each other)
45
jumamosi
Saturday (lit. first day of the week)
46
jumapili
Sunday (second day of the week)
47
jumatatu
Monday (third day of the week)
48
jumanne
Tuesday (fourth day of the week)
49
jumatano
Wednesday (fifth day of the week)
50
alhamisi
Thursday (from Arabic)
51
ijumaa
Friday (from Arabic)
52
-ji-
reflexive infix (replaces direct object marker; means -self)
53
leo
today
54
jana
yesterday
55
juzi
day before yesterday/recently
56
juzijuzi
just the other day
57
zamani
a long time ago
58
kesho
tomorrow
59
kesho kutwa
the day after tomorrow
60
mwaka wa
in the year of ...
61
tarehe
date
62
TELLING THE DATE
(day of the week) + TAREHE (date in ordinal or cardinal) + (month) + MWAKA WA + (year)
63
using the verb "ni"
= "to have": - age (ex. I have 10 years) - physical state or condition (e.g. I have cold, I have hunger, I have luck) - possession (e.x. I have a car, I have food)
64
la
no (another way of saying hapana)
65
kesho
tomorrow
66
mtukutu (pl. watukutu)
badly behaved child
67
happiness
furaha
68
to visit
-tembelea
69
maternal uncle; buddy
mjomba (pl. wajomba)
70
lie
uwongo (pl. maongo)
71
days of the week
siku za wiki
72
to relax
-pumuzika
73
until (ex. Monday until Friday)
hadi
74
to go (another word for -enda)
-kwenda
75
school
shule
76
january
Januari
77
February
Februari
78
March
Machi
79
April
Aprili
80
May
Mei
81
June
Juni
82
July
Julai
83
August
Agosti
84
September
Septemba
85
October
Oktoba
86
November
Novemba
87
December
Disemba
88
first (ordinal)
-a kwanza
89
second (ordinal)
-a pili
90
January (lit. first month)
mwezi wa kwanza
91
month
mwezi
92
when?
lini?
93
to leave
-ondoka
94
police
polisi
95
to get (ex. independence)
-pata
96
independence
uhuru
97
heaven
mbinguni
98
devil
shetani
99
ass cheek (pl. ass cheeks, also "you asshole!")
tako (pl. matako)
100
to wake up
-amka
101
early (e.g. waking up early, arriving to an appointment early, etc)
mapema
102
to negate
-kanusha
103
to come
-kuja
104
negation marker in the present and future tense
ha-
105
ha + subject + verb stem ending with -i
negating the present tense
106
ha + subject + tense + verb
negating the future tense
107
maize meal dish (with stew, etc)
ugali
108
tasty
tamu
109
basket
kikapu (pl. vikapu)
110
to fight (lit. to beat each other)
-pigana
111
Saturday (lit. first day of the week)
jumamosi
112
Sunday (second day of the week)
jumapili
113
Monday (third day of the week)
jumatatu
114
Tuesday (fourth day of the week)
jumanne
115
Wednesday (fifth day of the week)
jumatano
116
Thursday (from Arabic)
alhamisi
117
Friday (from Arabic)
ijumaa
118
reflexive infix (replaces direct object marker; means -self)
-ji-
119
today
leo
120
yesterday
jana
121
day before yesterday/recently
juzi
122
just the other day
juzijuzi
123
a long time ago
zamani
124
tomorrow
kesho
125
the day after tomorrow
kesho kutwa
126
in the year of ...
mwaka wa
127
date
tarehe
128
(day of the week) + TAREHE (date in ordinal or cardinal) + (month) + MWAKA WA + (year)
TELLING THE DATE
129
= "to have": - age (ex. I have 10 years) - physical state or condition (e.g. I have cold, I have hunger, I have luck) - possession (e.x. I have a car, I have food)
using the verb "ni"
130
no (another way of saying hapana)
la
131
tomorrow
kesho
132
badly behaved child
mtukutu (pl. watukutu)
