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