Week 4 Flashcards
(66 cards)
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)
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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