Swahili Chapter 3

Front 1

-olewa

Back 1

be married

Front 2

mna-

Back 2

you have (m + na)

Front 3

tuna-

Back 3

we have (tu + na)

Front 4

watatu

Back 4

three (m/wa class)

Front 5

-mesha

Back 5

already

Front 6

-oa

Back 6

marry

Front 7

mke

Back 7

wife

Front 8

-tengana

Back 8

be separated

Front 9

pole

Back 9

my sympathy

Front 10

-rudianna

Back 10

reunite with, return to, go back to

Front 11

sitaki

Back 11

I don't want

Front 12

talaka

Back 12

divorce

Front 13

bado

Back 13

not yet (still)

Front 14

mchumba

Back 14

fiance

Front 15

-itwa

Back 15

be called

Front 16

baada ya

Back 16

after

Front 17

-tegemea

Back 17

expect, anticipate, rely on, count on

Front 18

-funga

Back 18

tie up, close, lock

Front 19

ndoa

Back 19

marriage

Front 20

lini?

Back 20

when?

Front 21

jamaa

Back 21

family, relatives

Front 22

mwishoni mwa

Back 22

at the end of

Front 23

Inshallah!

Back 23

God willing!

Front 24

Nimeoa

Back 24

I am married (man)

Front 25

Nimeolewa

Back 25

I am married (woman)

Front 26

sijaoa

Back 26

I am single (man)

Front 27

sijaolewa

Back 27

I am single (woman)

Front 28

Mimi ni mtalaka

Back 28

I am divorced

Front 29

mume

Back 29

husband

Front 30

Mume wangu jina lake

Back 30

My husband's name is...

Front 31

Mkw wangu jina lake..

Back 31

My wife's name is .....

Front 32

-mesha-

Back 32

already (tense marker)

Front 33

nimeshafika

Back 33

I have already arrived

Front 34

-ja-

Back 34

have not yet (tense marker)

Front 35

sijafika

Back 35

I have not yet arrived

Front 36

hujafika

Back 36

you have not yet arrived

Front 37

hajafika

Back 37

she/he has not yet arrived

Front 38

hatujafika

Back 38

we have not yet arrived

Front 39

hamjafika

Back 39

you have not yet arrived

Front 40

hawajafika

Back 40

they have not yet arrived

Front 41

umesoma?

Back 41

have you read/studied?

Front 42

sijasoma

Back 42

I haven't read yet

Front 43

Mmetengana?

Back 43

Have you (pl.) separated?

Front 44

Hatujatengana

Back 44

We haven't separated yet

Front 45

bado sijaolewa

Back 45

I have not yet married

Front 46

bado ninafanya kazi

Back 46

I am still working

Front 47

nina

Back 47

I have

Front 48

tuna

Back 48

we have

Front 49

una

Back 49

you have

Front 50

mna

Back 50

you (pl.) have

Front 51

ana

Back 51

he/she has

Front 52

wana

Back 52

they have

Front 53

sina

Back 53

I don't have

Front 54

hatuna

Back 54

we don't have

Front 55

huna

Back 55

you don't have

Front 56

hamna

Back 56

you (pl.) don't have

Front 57

hana

Back 57

he/she doesn't have

Front 58

hawana

Back 58

they don't have

Front 59

kweli

Back 59

true

Front 60

si kweli

Back 60

false

Front 61

hawa

Back 61

these (persons)

Front 62

mkubwa

Back 62

big, large

Front 63

huyu

Back 63

this (person)

Front 64

miaka

Back 64

years

Front 65

mwaka

Back 65

year

Front 66

mwingine

Back 66

other (person)

Front 67

wa pili

Back 67

the second, next

Front 68

mdogo

Back 68

little, small

Front 69

wa tatu

Back 69

the third

Front 70

umri

Back 70

age

Front 71

mrefu

Back 71

tall, long

Front 72

babu

Back 72

grandfather

Front 73

-fanana

Back 73

be alike, similar

Front 74

sana

Back 74

very, very much

Front 75

kaka

Back 75

brother

Front 76

naye

Back 76

and he (na + ye(ye))

Front 77

mjomba

Back 77

maternal uncle

Front 78

tabia

Back 78

nature, character

Front 79

Nina mtoto mmoja

Back 79

I have one child

Front 80

Nina watoto wawili

Back 80

I have two children

Front 81

Tuna watoto watatu

Back 81

We have three children

Front 82

Tuna watoto wanne

Back 82

We have four children

Front 83

Sina watoto

Back 83

I don't have children

Front 84

Hatuna watoto

Back 84

We don't have children

Front 85

Ana miaka minane

Back 85

She is 8 years old

Front 86

Sifuri

Back 86

zero

Front 87

moja

Back 87

one

Front 88

mbili

Back 88

two

Front 89

tatu

Back 89

three

Front 90

nne

Back 90

four

Front 91

tano

Back 91

five

Front 92

sita

Back 92

six

Front 93

saba

Back 93

seven

Front 94

nane

Back 94

eight

Front 95

tisa

Back 95

nine

Front 96

kumi

Back 96

10

Front 97

ishirini

Back 97

twenty

Front 98

thelathini

Back 98

thirty

Front 99

arobaini

Back 99

forty

Front 100

hamsini

Back 100

fifty

Front 101

sitini

Back 101

sixty

Front 102

sabini

Back 102

seventy

Front 103

themanini

Back 103

eighty

Front 104

tisini

Back 104

ninety

Front 105

mia

Back 105

hundred

Front 106

elfu

Back 106

thousand

Front 107

laki

Back 107

one hundred thousand

Front 108

milioni

Back 108

million

Front 109

ngoma

Back 109

drum, dance

Front 110

njaa

Back 110

hunger

Front 111

ndizi

Back 111

banana

Front 112

njia

Back 112

road

Front 113

ndege

Back 113

bird, airplane

Front 114

mvua

Back 114

rain

Front 115

mbegu

Back 115

seed

Front 116

ng'ombe

Back 116

cow

Front 117

nyumba

Back 117

house

Front 118

barua

Back 118

letter

Front 119

kalamu

Back 119

pen

Front 120

kofia

Back 120

hat, cap

Front 121

saa

Back 121

hour

Front 122

sabuni

Back 122

soap

Front 123

motokaa

Back 123

car

Front 124

treni

Back 124

train

Front 125

simba

Back 125

lion

Front 126

kuku

Back 126

chicken

Front 127

samaki

Back 127

fish

Front 128

ndugu

Back 128

brother

Front 129

rafiki

Back 129

friend

Front 130

dadangu

Back 130

my sister

Front 131

-zaa

Back 131

give birth, bear fruits

Front 132

lini?

Back 132

when?

Front 133

baada ya

Back 133

after

Front 134

mwezi

Back 134

month, moon

Front 135

hivi

Back 135

approximately (thus, so)

Front 136

wa kwanza

Back 136

the first

Front 137

watoto wa kike

Back 137

girl children

Front 138

watoto wa kiume

Back 138

boy children