Week 4

Question 1

furaha

Answer 1

happiness

Question 2

-tembelea

Answer 2

to visit

Question 3

mjomba (pl. wajomba)

Answer 3

maternal uncle; buddy

Question 4

uwongo (pl. maongo)

Answer 4

lie

Question 5

siku za wiki

Answer 5

days of the week

Question 6

-pumuzika

Answer 6

to relax

Question 7

hadi

Answer 7

until (ex. Monday until Friday)

Question 8

-kwenda

Answer 8

to go (another word for -enda)

Question 9

shule

Answer 9

school

Question 10

Januari

Answer 10

january

Question 11

Februari

Answer 11

February

Question 12

Machi

Answer 12

March

Question 13

Aprili

Answer 13

April

Question 14

Mei

Answer 14

May

Question 15

Juni

Answer 15

June

Question 16

Julai

Answer 16

July

Question 17

Agosti

Answer 17

August

Question 18

Septemba

Answer 18

September

Question 19

Oktoba

Answer 19

October

Question 20

Novemba

Answer 20

November

Question 21

Disemba

Answer 21

December

Question 22

-a kwanza

Answer 22

first (ordinal)

Question 23

-a pili

Answer 23

second (ordinal)

Question 24

mwezi wa kwanza

Answer 24

January (lit. first month)

Question 25

mwezi

Answer 25

month

Question 26

lini?

Answer 26

when?

Question 27

-ondoka

Answer 27

to leave

Question 28

polisi

Answer 28

police

Question 29

-pata

Answer 29

to get (ex. independence)

Question 30

uhuru

Answer 30

independence

Question 31

mbinguni

Answer 31

heaven

Question 32

shetani

Answer 32

devil

Question 33

tako (pl. matako)

Answer 33

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

Question 34

-amka

Answer 34

to wake up

Question 35

mapema

Answer 35

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

Question 36

-kanusha

Answer 36

to negate

Question 37

-kuja

Answer 37

to come

Question 38

ha-

Answer 38

negation marker in the present and future tense

Question 39

negating the present tense

Answer 39

ha + subject + verb stem ending with -i

Question 40

negating the future tense

Answer 40

ha + subject + tense + verb

Question 41

ugali

Answer 41

maize meal dish (with stew, etc)

Question 42

tamu

Answer 42

tasty

Question 43

kikapu (pl. vikapu)

Answer 43

basket

Question 44

-pigana

Answer 44

to fight (lit. to beat each other)

Question 45

jumamosi

Answer 45

Saturday (lit. first day of the week)

Question 46

jumapili

Answer 46

Sunday (second day of the week)

Question 47

jumatatu

Answer 47

Monday (third day of the week)

Question 48

jumanne

Answer 48

Tuesday (fourth day of the week)

Question 49

jumatano

Answer 49

Wednesday (fifth day of the week)

Question 50

alhamisi

Answer 50

Thursday (from Arabic)

Question 51

ijumaa

Answer 51

Friday (from Arabic)

Question 52

-ji-

Answer 52

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

Question 53

leo

Answer 53

today

Question 54

jana

Answer 54

yesterday

Question 55

juzi

Answer 55

day before yesterday/recently

Question 56

juzijuzi

Answer 56

just the other day

Question 57

zamani

Answer 57

a long time ago

Question 58

kesho

Answer 58

tomorrow

Question 59

kesho kutwa

Answer 59

the day after tomorrow

Question 60

mwaka wa

Answer 60

in the year of …

Question 61

tarehe

Answer 61

date

Question 62

TELLING THE DATE

Answer 62

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

Question 63

using the verb “ni”

Answer 63

= “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)

Question 64

la

Answer 64

no (another way of saying hapana)

Question 65

kesho

Answer 65

tomorrow

Question 66

mtukutu (pl. watukutu)

Answer 66

badly behaved child