Swahili Teach Yourself Chapter 6

Front 1

matembezi

Back 1

walk

Front 2

jioni

Back 2

evening

Front 3

mafundi

Back 3

craftsman

Front 4

kumaliza

Back 4

to finish

Front 5

kukarabati

Back 5

to repair

Front 6

kanisa

Back 6

church

Front 7

kanisa lile

Back 7

that church

Front 8

bado

Back 8

not yet

Front 9

paa

Back 9

roof

Front 10

kuta

Back 10

walls

Front 11

sasa

Back 11

now

Front 12

saa kumi u nusu

Back 12

4.30pm

Front 13

kujua

Back 13

to know

Front 14

baada ya chakula cha mchana

Back 14

after lunch

Front 15

mchana

Back 15

daytime

Front 16

maktaba

Back 16

library

Front 17

asome

Back 17

she should read

Front 18

magazeti

Back 18

newspapers

Front 19

afadhali

Back 19

preferably

Front 20

kuchelewa

Back 20

to be late

Front 21

hivi

Back 21

like this

Front 22

kutoka

Back 22

to leave

Front 23

mapema

Back 23

early

Front 24

mara

Back 24

suddenly

Front 25

kuona

Back 25

to see

Front 26

shanga

Back 26

beads

Front 27

kuanza

Back 27

to start

Front 28

twende wapi?

Back 28

where should we go?

Front 29

tuendelee

Back 29

let's continue

Front 30

kutembea

Back 30

to walk

Front 31

bahari

Back 31

sea

Front 32

nafasi

Back 32

opportunity

Front 33

boti

Back 33

small motorised boat

Front 34

tikiti

Back 34

ticket

Front 35

ofisi

Back 35

office

Front 36

ukuta

Back 36

wall

Front 37

ratiba

Back 37

timetable

Front 38

dakika

Back 38

minute

Front 39

zaidi

Back 39

more

Front 40

Mafundi wamemaliza kukarabati kanisa lile?

Back 40

Have the craftsman finished repairing that church?

Front 41

Wamekarabati paa, lakini kuta bado.

Back 41

They have repaired the roof, but not the wall yet.

Front 42

Sasa ni saa kumi u nusu

Back 42

Now it is 4.30pm

Front 43

Dada yuko wapi, basi?

Back 43

so where is your sister?

Front 44

Baada ya chakula cha mchana alisema atakwenda maktaba asome magazeti ya Kiingereza.

Back 44

After lunch she said she will go to the library she read English newspapers

Front 45

Afadhali asome magazeti ya Kiswahili

Back 45

It better she reads Swahili newspapers.

Front 46

Nimechelewa sana

Back 46

I am very late

Front 47

Mbona umechelewa hivi?

Back 47

Why are you late like this?

Front 48

Nilitoka maktaba mapema.

Back 48

I left the library early

Front 49

Mara niliona shanga zangu nyeupe zimepotea.

Back 49

Suddenly I saw my white beads were lost.

Front 50

Nilianza kuzitafuta njiani karibu na maktaba

Back 50

I first looked for them on the road near the library.

Front 51

Umezipata?

Back 51

Did you get them?

Front 52

Sikuzipata

Back 52

I didn't get them.

Front 53

Twende wapi?

Back 53

Where are we going?

Front 54

Tuendelee kutembea karibu na bahari?

Back 54

Will we continue to walk near the sea?

Front 55

Haya, twende.

Back 55

Ok, let's go.

Front 56

Mtapata nafasi kwenda Zanzibar kwa boti?

Back 56

Will you get time to go to Zanzibar by boat?

Front 57

Mtapata tikiti ofisini pale

Back 57

You will get a ticket in the office over there.

Front 58

Ukutani pana ratiba.

Back 58

On the wall there is a timetable

Front 59

Afadhali twende Zanzibar kwa ndege.

Back 59

It is better we go to Zanzibar by plane.

Front 60

Ni safari ya dakika ishirini tu.

Back 60

Is a journey of just 20 minutes.

Front 61

Lakini ni ghali zaidi!

Back 61

But it is more expensive!

Front 62

kucha

Back 62

the whole night

Front 63

kutwa

Back 63

the whole day

Front 64

siku

Back 64

day

Front 65

usiku

Back 65

night

Front 66

saa mbili na robo

Back 66

8.15

Front 67

saa tatu kasa robo

Back 67

8.45

Front 68

saa mbili na dakika tano

Back 68

8.05

Front 69

saa tatu kasa dakika mbili

Back 69

8.58