Good morning! Habari za asubuhi What’s your name? Jina lako nani? I like swimming Ninapenda kuogelea I like playing soccer Ninapenda kucheza soka I live in Tanzania Ninaishi Tanzania I keep animals like dogs, cats and goats Ninafuga mbwa, paka…
How to tell time in Swahili Telling time is one of the important things in Swahili language. The Swahili people normally use a 12-hour format in telling time. Every hour appears twice a day. There are terms used to clarify…
At the restaurant Words normally used at the restaurant Chakula (food) Kinywaji (drink) Hela / pesa (money) Wali (rice) Ugali (Tanzanian most eaten food) Kachumbali (salad) Juisi (juice) Bei (price) Chenji (change) Mkate (bread) Maziwa (milk) Nyama (meat) Supu (soup)…
How to tell time in Swahili Telling time is one of the important things in Swahili language. The Swahili people normally use a 12-hour format in telling time. Every hour appears twice a day. There are terms used to clarify…
Speaking Swahili at the restaurant Words normally used at the restaurant Chakula (food) Kinywaji (drink) Hela / pesa (money) Wali (rice) Ugali (Tanzanian most eaten food) Kachumbali (salad) Juisi (juice) Bei (price) Chenji (change) Mkate (bread) Maziwa (milk) Nyama (meat) …
How to apologize in Swahili There are specific words that are commonly used when apologizing g in Swahili. The most common of those is ‘samahani’ Conversation 1 JANE: Ah! umenikanyagabn mguu (you stepped on my foot) PAUL: Samahani! (sorry). Kuna…
Colors/Rangi in Swahili Nyeusi (black), nyekundu (red), nyeupe (white). kijani (green), njano (yellow), kijivu (grey) kahawia (brown) bluu (blue), bluu bahari (white blue), machungwa (orange) damu ya mzee (maroon) rangi nyeusi rangi nyekundu rangi nyeupe rangi ya kijani…
Fruits and vegetables/matunda na mboga za majani embe (mango), ndizi (banana) nanasi (pineapple), chungwa (orange) parachichi (avocado), papai (pawpaw) limao (lemon), ndimu (lime) tikiti maji (water melon), boga (pumpkin) matembele (potato leaves), zabibu (grapes) ukwaju (tamarind), tufaa (apple) nazi (coconut),…
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