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Week 4 Flashcards

1
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furaha

A

happiness

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2
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-tembelea

A

to visit

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3
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mjomba (pl. wajomba)

A

maternal uncle; buddy

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4
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uwongo (pl. maongo)

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lie

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5
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siku za wiki

A

days of the week

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6
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-pumuzika

A

to relax

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7
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hadi

A

until (ex. Monday until Friday)

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8
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-kwenda

A

to go (another word for -enda)

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9
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shule

A

school

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10
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Januari

A

january

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Februari

A

February

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12
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Machi

A

March

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Aprili

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April

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Mei

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May

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15
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Juni

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June

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Julai

A

July

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17
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Agosti

A

August

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18
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Septemba

A

September

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19
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Oktoba

A

October

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20
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Novemba

A

November

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21
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Disemba

A

December

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22
Q

-a kwanza

A

first (ordinal)

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23
Q

-a pili

A

second (ordinal)

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24
Q

mwezi wa kwanza

A

January (lit. first month)

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25
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mwezi

A

month

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26
Q

lini?

A

when?

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27
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-ondoka

A

to leave

28
Q

polisi

A

police

29
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-pata

A

to get (ex. independence)

30
Q

uhuru

A

independence

31
Q

mbinguni

A

heaven

32
Q

shetani

A

devil

33
Q

tako (pl. matako)

A

ass cheek (pl. ass cheeks, also “you asshole!”)

34
Q

-amka

A

to wake up

35
Q

mapema

A

early (e.g. waking up early, arriving to an appointment early, etc)

36
Q

-kanusha

A

to negate

37
Q

-kuja

A

to come

38
Q

ha-

A

negation marker in the present and future tense

39
Q

negating the present tense

A

ha + subject + verb stem ending with -i

40
Q

negating the future tense

A

ha + subject + tense + verb

41
Q

ugali

A

maize meal dish (with stew, etc)

42
Q

tamu

A

tasty

43
Q

kikapu (pl. vikapu)

A

basket

44
Q

-pigana

A

to fight (lit. to beat each other)

45
Q

jumamosi

A

Saturday (lit. first day of the week)

46
Q

jumapili

A

Sunday (second day of the week)

47
Q

jumatatu

A

Monday (third day of the week)

48
Q

jumanne

A

Tuesday (fourth day of the week)

49
Q

jumatano

A

Wednesday (fifth day of the week)

50
Q

alhamisi

A

Thursday (from Arabic)

51
Q

ijumaa

A

Friday (from Arabic)

52
Q

-ji-

A

reflexive infix (replaces direct object marker; means -self)

53
Q

leo

A

today

54
Q

jana

A

yesterday

55
Q

juzi

A

day before yesterday/recently

56
Q

juzijuzi

A

just the other day

57
Q

zamani

A

a long time ago

58
Q

kesho

A

tomorrow

59
Q

kesho kutwa

A

the day after tomorrow

60
Q

mwaka wa

A

in the year of …

61
Q

tarehe

A

date

62
Q

TELLING THE DATE

A

(day of the week) + TAREHE (date in ordinal or cardinal) + (month) + MWAKA WA + (year)

63
Q

using the verb “ni”

A

= “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
Q

la

A

no (another way of saying hapana)

65
Q

kesho

A

tomorrow

66
Q

mtukutu (pl. watukutu)

A

badly behaved child

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