Swahili lessons

Normal greetings in Swahili

Informal Greetings These greetings are mainly used in conversations with friends or people who are familiar with each other. these greetings carry a sense of casualness, informality, intimacy, etc.    Mambo vipi? (hi) Inakuaje? (how?) Niambie (tell me) Niaje? (how…

Most Common Swahili Phrases

The list of most common Swahili phrases Habari (hello)         Nakupenda (I love you) Asubuhi njema (wish you good morning) Mchana mwema (wish you good afternoon) Usiku mwema (wish you good night) Jina lako nani? (what’s your name?) Jina langu ni…(my…

Greetings in swahili

Greetings in Swahili In Swahili language, greetings can be grouped into formal greetings and informal greetings. Greetings are often times intended to know how one feels health-wise and socialize with them. Formal Greetings The formal greetings are specifically used for…

How do we say the verb ‘to have’ in Swahili?

The verb ‘to have’ conjugations in Swahili ‘Have’ is –na in Swahili Positive                                                  Negative   I have a watch.                              I don’t have a watch                     (mimi) nina saa.                             (mimi) sina saa. We have an umbrella.                 We don’t…

How to say ‘love’ in Swahili

The verb ‘to love’ conjugations in Swahili Love means penda in Swahili I love music……………………………ninapenda muziki We love people……………………….tunapenda watu You love fish (singular)………………unapenda samaki You love mangoes (plural)……………mnapenda maembe She loves men…………………………anapenda wanaume. He loves women………………………anapenda wanawake It loves…

Connectives in Swahili

What are the Swahili connecting words? Connectives are used to connect or link words in a language. The following are some of the Swahili connectives with their English equivalents in the brackets: na (and) au (or) ilhali (whereas) badala ya…