Swahili with Dickson - lesson 1

isipokuwa

except

Badaya ya

instead of

tena

again

pia

also

halafu

then

pamoja na

together with

au

or

lakini

but

labda

maybe

kama

like / if

kabla ya

before (followed by infinitive)

baada ya

after (followed by infinitive)

kwa hiyo

therefore / so

mboga

side dish

mboga mboga

vegetables

miaka

years

mwaka

year

milima

mountains

vitu vingi

many things

wiki jana

last week

wiki kesho

next week

wiki jizu

the week before last

jizu

the day before yesterday

urasimu

bureaucracy

Kupika

to cook

viote

both

kutaka

to want (demanding)

kuomba

to request (polite)

kujifunza

to learn

Mweza

month

Jana

yesterday

kula

to eat

karibia

almost

mara nyingi

mostly / oftentimes

Kufikiri

to think

kuona

to see

kutoka

to come from / exit / go out

kuingia

to enter

kutokea

to originate from

kupumzika

to relax

kujaribu

to try

kusikia

to hear/feel

kunywa

to drink

kuweza

to be able to

kusema

to say

kusali

to pray

kuendesha

to drive, ride

watu wengine

other people

vua nguo

to take off (clothes)

vaa nguo

to put on clothes

nguo

clothes

kufungua

to open

kufunga

to close

funguo

keys

mlango

door

kutana

to meet

kufurahi

to be happy

kuhitaji

to need

kurudi

to return

kununua

to buy

popote

whereever / anywhere

kila sehema

everywhere

kutembea

to walk

kukimbia

to run

mara tanu

five times

kukaa

to stay / to sit

kufika

to arrive

kuongea

to speak

kuandika

to write

kumaliza

to finish

kuzima

to turn off, switch off, extinguish

pesa

money

hela

money

kutafuta

to look for / search

kuuliza

to ask

swali

question

kuzumgumza

to converse

kutembea

to visit

kuoga

to shower

kuanda

to prepare

tayarisha

to prepare

-sha

words causing something

kuuza

to sell

kusikiliza

to listen

mswaki

toothbrush

piga mswaki

brush your teeth

sahau

to forget

kumbuka

to remember

pika kelele

make noise

kelele

noise

rahisi

easy

haraka

quick

kufundisha

to teach

kusafisha

to clean

kuitwa

to be called

inategema

it depends

kuwasha

to switch on

kupata

to get / find

kujibu

to answer

kuongelea

to swim

kuamka

to wake up

siku ndefu

long day

kuagiza

to order

kualika

to invite

kutengemeza

to make