Week 5 Flashcards
kwa sababu
because
mtihani
test, exam
kikapu
basket
nyama ya nguruwe
pork
mlima
mountain
shamba la
farm of…
-weka
to place, to put
mji
town
nchi
country, nation
shule
school
nyumba
house
maktaba
library
barabara
road
mkahawa
cafe
msikiti
mosque
mislamu (waislamu)
Muslim
gari (pl. magari)
car
msichana (wasichana)
girl
-kumbuka
remember
-ni (suffixed to a noun)
suffix on a noun to express English prepositional phrases (turns nouns into locations) **NOT used on proper nouns
-ona
to see, to meet
siri
secret
-ambia
to tell
-hisi
to feel (sensation)
kaka
brother
-piga kelele
protest/demonstration (lit. “to make noise”)
-ogopa
to fear
-sikiza
to listen
-samehe
to forgive
-amka
to wake up
usisahau
don’t forget
kinwaji
a drink (noun)
hadi
until
utakaa hadi nini?
how long will you stay here until?
___ hrs
masaa ____
__ am/pm
saa __
-ogelea
to swim
mpira wa migu
soccer (lit. ball of foot)
lini?
when?
soko
market
How to conjugate present affirmative
subject prefix + -na- + direct object marker + verb stem
How to conjugate past affirmative
subject prefix + -li- + direct object marker + verb stem
How to conjugate future affirmative
subject prefix + -ta- + direct object marker + verb stem
How to conjugate present negative
ha + subject prefix + direct object marker + verb stem (-a ending changes to -i)
How to conjugate past negative
ha + subject prefix + -ku- + direct object marker + verb stem
How to conjugate future negative
ha + subject prefix + -ta- + direct object marker + verb stem
-tembelea
to visit
-saidia
to help
-amka
to wake up
sifuri
zero