Week 7 Flashcards
suruali
pants
nguo
cloth, clothing
-ka-
a tense marker which is used in story-telling, It is also used to mean “and then” when a series of actions follow one another closely
nilikuwa
i was (can also say “i was” as in i was Drake for halloween)
-chora
to draw
kila
every
-choka
to be tired
sarakasi
skits
-vaa
to wear
fupi
shorts
huzuni
sadness
ndefu
long
kama
like
kila saa
every hour
idhaa
?
-hudhuria
?
gauni
?
-chungua
?
-chambua
?
pekee
?
ndoo
?
mchawi /wachawi
witch doctor (with negative connotations of cursing people)
mganga / waganga
witch doctor (not as negative)
mgeni / wageni
visitor
mgonjwa / wagonjwa
a sick person
mke / wake
wife
mpishi / wapishi
cook (person) from -pika
mtumwa / watumwa
slave
mzungu / wazungu
white person (not necessarily derogatory)
mlinzi / walinzi
security guard
msafiri / wasafiri
traveller
mlimaji / walimaji
farmer
mjinga / wajinga
stupid (noun or adjective)
mkristo / wakristo
Christian
mzazi / wazazi
parent
babu
grandfather
kiziwi
a deaf person (in m/wa noun class)
kibarua
errand boy/girl, casual laborer (in m/wa noun class)
kijana
young person (in m/wa noun class)
kipofu
blind person (in m/wa noun class)
shangazi
auntie
mjomba / wajomba
uncle
binamu / binamu
cousin
mume
husband
shemeji
in-law
nono
fat
tiifu
hardworking
mchokozi / wachokozi
someone who makes fun of people, but not negative
-hisi
to beg
tukutu
naughty, mischievous, disobedient (adj.)
-potea
to get lost, be lost, disappear
-angalia
to look, watch, check, inspect, observe
kifaru / vifaru
rhinoceros
kitoto / vitoto
small baby (noun) childishly (adverb)
shemeji
in-law
mchumba
fiancé(e)
baba wa kambo
stepfather
mama wa kambo
stepmother
mpwa
niece/nephew
-zoea
to get used to
chuo kikuu
university
-jali
to care
-fikiri
to think
-sahau
to forget
sukuma wiki
a green sort of like kale lit. “to push the week”, an affordable vegetable
wakili
lawyer
kulewa chakari
to get stupid drunk
mlevi
drunkard
bahari
luck
-ua
to kill
ua / maua
a flower
-piga hodi
call ‘hodi’ outside someone’s door
elimu
knowledge, science, education
gereza
prison
-ingia
to enter, go in; to join, take part in
ndani
inside, within