Week 4 Flashcards
furaha
happiness
-tembelea
to visit
mjomba (pl. wajomba)
maternal uncle; buddy
uwongo (pl. maongo)
lie
siku za wiki
days of the week
-pumuzika
to relax
hadi
until (ex. Monday until Friday)
-kwenda
to go (another word for -enda)
shule
school
Januari
january
Februari
February
Machi
March
Aprili
April
Mei
May
Juni
June
Julai
July
Agosti
August
Septemba
September
Oktoba
October
Novemba
November
Disemba
December
-a kwanza
first (ordinal)
-a pili
second (ordinal)
mwezi wa kwanza
January (lit. first month)
mwezi
month
lini?
when?
-ondoka
to leave
polisi
police
-pata
to get (ex. independence)
uhuru
independence
mbinguni
heaven
shetani
devil
tako (pl. matako)
ass cheek (pl. ass cheeks, also “you asshole!”)
-amka
to wake up
mapema
early (e.g. waking up early, arriving to an appointment early, etc)
-kanusha
to negate
-kuja
to come
ha-
negation marker in the present and future tense
negating the present tense
ha + subject + verb stem ending with -i
negating the future tense
ha + subject + tense + verb
ugali
maize meal dish (with stew, etc)
tamu
tasty
kikapu (pl. vikapu)
basket
-pigana
to fight (lit. to beat each other)
jumamosi
Saturday (lit. first day of the week)
jumapili
Sunday (second day of the week)
jumatatu
Monday (third day of the week)
jumanne
Tuesday (fourth day of the week)
jumatano
Wednesday (fifth day of the week)
alhamisi
Thursday (from Arabic)
ijumaa
Friday (from Arabic)
-ji-
reflexive infix (replaces direct object marker; means -self)
leo
today
jana
yesterday
juzi
day before yesterday/recently
juzijuzi
just the other day
zamani
a long time ago
kesho
tomorrow
kesho kutwa
the day after tomorrow
mwaka wa
in the year of …
tarehe
date
TELLING THE DATE
(day of the week) + TAREHE (date in ordinal or cardinal) + (month) + MWAKA WA + (year)
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)
la
no (another way of saying hapana)
kesho
tomorrow
mtukutu (pl. watukutu)
badly behaved child