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Ch 12 Flashcards

1
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Affordable

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-a bein nafuu

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Account/s

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Akaunti

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Savings

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Akiba

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Percentage

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Asilimia

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ATM

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ATM

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Some

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Baadhi

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Budget

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Bajeti

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Price/s

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Bei

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Dollar/s

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Dola

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Valuable

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-enye thamani (having value)

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Form/s

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Fomu

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Expensive

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Ghali

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Stock/s

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Hisa

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Check/s

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Hundi

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Investment/s

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Kitega uchumi/vitega uchumi

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To change, to exchange

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Kubadilisha

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To close, to tie

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Kufunga

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18
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To open

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Kufungua

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19
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To fill out

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Kujaza

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20
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To pay bills

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Kulipa

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21
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To afford

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Kumudu

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22
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To get a raise

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Kupandishwa

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23
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To earn, to get, to catch

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Kupata

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24
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To get a loan

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Kupata mkopo

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25
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To sign

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Kutia sahihi

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26
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To withdraw money from an account

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Kutoa pesa

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To save

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Kuweka akiba
(Akiba: Savings)
(Kuweka: To keep, to store, to place, to put)

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28
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To invest

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Kuweka kitega uchumi

Kuweka: To keep, to store, to place, to put

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To deposit money into an account

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Kuweka pesa

Kuweka: To keep, to store, to place, to put

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30
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License/s

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Leseni

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31
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Payment

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Malipo

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32
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Machine

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Mashine

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33
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Poor

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Masikini

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34
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Loan/s

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Mkopo/mikopo

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35
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Help, aid/s

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Msaada/misaada

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36
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Salary/ies

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Mshahara/mishahara

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37
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Bill/s, paper money

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Noti

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38
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Coin/s

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Peni/mapeni

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39
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Money

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Pesa (plural)

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40
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Cheap

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Rahisi

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41
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Mortgage

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Rhani (dhamana)

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42
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Receipt/s

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Risiti

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43
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Signature/s

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Sahihi

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44
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Rich

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Tajiri

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45
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Branch/es (i.e. of a bank), section/s, division/s

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Tawi/matawi

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46
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I need to exchange foreign currency

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Ninahitaji kubadilisha pesa za kigeni

Kigeni: Foreign

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47
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I’d like to open an account

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Ningependa kufungua akaunti

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48
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Can i buy foreign currency here?

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Je, ninaweza kununua pesa za kigeni hapa?

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49
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What’s the interest rate?

A

Kiwango cha riba ni kipi?

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50
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Is there a service fee?

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Je kuna malipo ya huduma?

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51
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Is there an ATM nearby?

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Kuna mashine ya ATM karibu?

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52
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Please sign and date this form

A

Tafadhali tia sahihi na tarehe kwenye fomu hii

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53
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How would you like the money, in small or large bills?

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Unataka noti ndogo nodogo au kubwa kubwa?

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54
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Can i have this in small bills?

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Naweza kupata hii katika noti ndogo ndogo?

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55
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The money will be in your account next week

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Pesa zitakuwa katika akaunti yako wiki ijayo

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56
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Can i pay by credit card?

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Naweza kulipa kwa kadi ya mkopo?

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57
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We accept credit or debit cards

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Tunapokea kadi ya krediti au ya benki

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58
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We accept cash only

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Tunapokea pesa taslimu tu

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59
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I can’t afford (That)

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Siwezi kumudu

Kumudu: To afford

60
Q

Is the tip included?

A

Bakshishi imo ndani yake?

61
Q

Identity card

A

Kitambulisho

62
Q

Passport

A

Pasi ya kusafiria

63
Q

Savings account

A

Akaunti ya akiba

64
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Checking account

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Akaunti ya hundi

65
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Many more

A

Nyingine nyingi

66
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Vizuri

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Good, okay, well (Word filler)

67
Q

Have a seat on the chair

A

Have a seat on the chairKaa kitako juu ya kiti

68
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You must also have a photo ID

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Ni lazima pia uwe (wewe) kitambulisho chenye picha

Kitambulisho: identification

69
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Driver’s license

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Leseni ya udereva

70
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Of course

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Bila shaka

71
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Is equal to

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Ni sawa na …

72
Q

Thank you very much for your help

A

Asante sana kwa msaada wako

Msaada: Support, help

73
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Usijali!

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Don’t worry! / No problem!

74
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I’m happy to help

A

Nimefurahi kukusaidia

75
Q

Have you filled out the forms?

A

Umeshajaza fomu?

76
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Long distance

A

Msafa marefu

77
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International banks

A

Benki za kimataifa

78
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Rural areas

A

Sehemu za mshambani

79
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To worry

A

Kuwa na wasiwasi

80
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To be vs to have in present, past and future tense

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(Infinitive: To be = Kuwa, To have = Kuwa na)

  1. Present tense
    - To be: Kuwa –> Ni/si
    - To have: Kuwa na -> Only use -na
  2. Past and future tense
    - To be: Root -kuwa
    - To have: Root kuwa + na (Nilikuwa na pesa - I had money)
81
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How to express “all” or “the whole” in Swahili

a. M-Wa
b. Ki-Vi
c. N
d. Ji-Ma
e. M-Mi

A

How to express “all” or “the whole” in Swahili = -ote
Use plural noun + -ote for all and singular noun + -ote for “the whole”
a. M-Wa: wote
-Mtu wote (The whole person), watu wote (All people)

b. Ki-Vi: Chote, vyote
- Chumba chote ( the whole room), vyumba vyote (all rooms)

c. N: Yote, zote
-Nyumba yote (The whole house), nyumba zote (all houses)
(New –> YoungZ)

d. Ji-Ma: lote, yote
-Gari lote (the whole car), magari yote (all cars)
(JiMa Love You!

e. M-Mi: wote, yote
-Mguu wote (the whole leg), wiguu yote (all legs)
(Cool M-Mi -> What You doing…)

82
Q

House rent

A

Kodi ya nyumba

83
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How to express “any”

a. M-Wa
b. Ki-Vi
c. N
d. Ji-Ma
e. M-Mi

A

(Similar to -ote (all/whole, except sg. M-Wa)
-o -ote

a. M-Wa: Sg: ye yote (human), wo wote (nonhuman). Pl.: wo wote
- Mwnafunzi ye yote (any student), mnyama wo wote (any animal)
- Wanafunzi wo wote (any students)

b. Ki-Vi: Cho chote, vyo vyote
- Kitu cho chote (any thing), vitu vyo vote (any things)

c. N: yo yote, zo zote
-Kalamu yo yote (any pen), kalamu zo zote (any pens)
(New –> YoungZ)

d. Ji-Ma: lo lote, yo yote
-Tunda lo lote (any fruit), matunda yo yote
(JiMa Love You!

e. M-Mi: wo wote, yo yote
-Mkono wo wote (any hand), mikono yo yote
(Cool M-Mi -> What You doing…)

84
Q

-enye: Meaning

A

Translated as “that/who has …”, “with …”, “having …”

  • Benki zenye ATM: Banks that have ATM/the banks with the ATMs/the banks having an ATM…
  • Mwenyeduka (Storekeeper, “one who posesses a house”)
85
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  • enye: how to form
    a. M-Wa
    b. Ki-vi
    c. N
    d. Ji-ma
    e. M-Mi
A

a. M-Wa: mwenye, wenye
- Mtu mwenye pesa (A person who has money)
- Wanafunzi wenye vitabu (The students that have books)

b. Ki-vi: chenye, vyenye
- Chakula chenye sukari (Food with sugar)
- Vyumba vyenye watoto (Rooms that have children)

c. N: yenye, zenye
-Nyumba yenye vyumba vingi (A house with many rooms)
-Nguo zenye madoa (Clothes with stains/stained clothes)
(New –> YoungZ)

d. Ji-ma: lenye, yenye
-Tunda lenye sumu (Fruit that has poison, poisonous fruit)
-Mabasi yenye abiria (Buses with passengers, buses carrying passenger)
(JiMa Love You!

e. M-Mi: wenye, yenye
- Mkono wenye kalamu (The hand with a pen, the hand holding a pen)
- Miguu yenye maumivu (Legs that have pain, painful legs)

(Cool M-Mi -> What You doing…)

(Translated as “that/who has …”, “with …”, “having …”
-Benki zenye ATM: Banks that have ATM/the banks with the ATMs/the banks having an ATM…
-Mwenyeduka (Storekeeper, “one who posesses a house”))
(Mabasi mengi yenye abiria yanaingia mjini kila asubuhi (Many buses carrying passengers enter the city each morning))
(Usile matunda yenye sumu! - Don’t eat poisonous fruits! /(poison-bearing))

86
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Passenger/s

A

Abiria

87
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U noun class: Content (3)

A

Most nouns begin with u-, although this can be spelled before vowels

3 categories

  1. Abstract nouns (uzuri, urefu, ubaya, wembamba, uzito, ugumo, uhuru - derived from adjectives: -zuri, -baya, -embamba)
    - Don’t have plurals (Like their English counterparts)
  2. Tangible objects: uma/nyuma, ubao/mbao, wakati/nyakati, ubavu/mbavu, uzi/nyuzi
  3. Non-abstract, mass/non-count nouns - ugali, wino, wali, unga, uongo
    - Also no plurals
88
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Beauty, goodness

A

Uzuri

89
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Length, height

A

Urefu

90
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Ugliness, badness

A

Ubaya

91
Q

Thinness, slimness

A

Wembamba

92
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Weight

A

Uzito

93
Q

Difficulty

A

Ugumu

94
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Freedom

A

Uhuru

95
Q

Board/s, plank/s

A

Ubao/mbao

96
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Time/s, season/s

A

Wakati/nyakati

97
Q

Rib/s

A

Ubau/mbavu

98
Q

Thread/s

A

Uzi/nyuzi

99
Q

Wall/s

A

Ukuta/kuta

100
Q

Face/s

A

Uso/nyuso

101
Q

Tongue/s

A

Ulimi/ndimi

102
Q

Song/s

A

Wimbo/nyimbo

103
Q

Cut/s

A

Uchale/chale

104
Q

Disease/s

A

Ugonjwa/magonjwa

105
Q

Argument/s

A

Ugomvi/magomvi

106
Q

Maize meal, porridge

A

Ugali

107
Q

Ink

A

Wino

108
Q

Cooked rice

A

Wali

109
Q

Flour

A

Unga

110
Q

Clay, dirt, soil

A

Udongo

111
Q

U class: Demonstratives
This, these
That, those

A

Huu, hizi
Ule, zile

(NB! The few U-nouns that take their plural with ma- take the Ji-Ma plural demonstratives, i.e. magonjwa yale (Those diseases). The same applies to all other agreement forms, i.e. magonjwa ya malaria na ukimvi (ya).)

112
Q

U class: Subject prefix

A

Sg: u-
Pl: zi-

(For noun with ma- plurals, the plural subject prefix is ya-)

113
Q

U class: Possessives

A

Sg: w-
Pl: z-

(U –> Go to the WZ)
(Exception: ma- plurals: y-)

114
Q

U class: Adjective prefixes

A 
Sg: m-
Pl: In most cases follow the same plural patterns as N-class nouns, except those beginning with ma- which take Ji-Ma plural: ma-

(1. If an adjective stem begins with -d, -z or -g, it takes the prefix n- to agree with the N-class nouns
- Kalamu ndogo, nyumba nzuri, , kazi ngumu
- Nyimbo nzuri (beautiful songs)

  1. If -b or -pya –> m-
    - Kahawa mbaya (bad coffee), meza mpya
  2. If -vowel –> ny- or y-
    -Safari nyingi (many trips), chaki nyeupe (white chalk), sukari yote (all the sugar), mvua njema (good rain)
    (Most important exception is -ema (good), which becomes njema)
    -Kuta nyeusi (Black walls)
  3. Animate nouns will always take M-Wa agreement on the adjective
    - Tembo mkubwa, tembo wakubwa. Rafiki wawil (Two friends)
  4. Change stem: -r –> nd- and -w –> mb-
    (-refu (long, tall), -wili (two))
    -Ndizi ndefu (a long banana/s)
    -Lugha mbili (two languages)
  5. For the rest of the adjective stems, there is no prefix at all
    - n, -m, -ng, -p (except -pya), -f, -t, -s, -sh, -ch, -k..
    - Shule kubwa, redio konge (old radio), stoo chafu (dirty storeroom/s), njia pana)
115
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U class: Possessive a-

A

Sg: w-
Pl: z-

(U going to the WZ)

116
Q

U class: -ko, -po, -mo

A

Sg: u-
Pl: zi- (ma- nouns –> ya)

(U going to the WZ (u- almost sound like w-))

117
Q

U class: -ingi, -ingine

A

Sg: mwingi, mwingine

  • Wakati mwingi (a lot of time)
  • Wakati mwingine (other time)

Pl: nyingi, nyengine

  • Nyakati nyingi (many times)
  • Nyakati nyengine (other times)
118
Q

U class: -ote (all, whole), -o -ote (any)

A

Sg: wote, wo wote

  • Wakati wote (All time)
  • Wakati wo wote (Any time)

Pl: zote, zo zote

  • Nyakati zote (All times)
  • Nyakati zo zote (Any times)

(U going to the WZ)

119
Q

U class: -enye

A

Sg: wenye
-Wakati wenye (the time that has)

Pl: zenye
-Nyakati zenye (times that have)

(U going to the WZ)

120
Q

U class. -pi? (which)

A

Sg: upi?
-Wakati upi? (Which time?)

Pl: zipi?
-Nyakati zipi? (Which times?)

(U going to the WZ (u- almost sound like w-))

121
Q

Intelligence (2)

A

Uhodari

Ubongo

122
Q

Intelligent, clever, bright

A

-erevu

Werevu: craftiness

123
Q

More than, surpassing

A

Kuliko

-Ndimi unauma kuliko meno (The tongue hurts more than the teeth)

124
Q

Far, distant

A

mbali (adverb)
-a mbali (adjective)

(Umbali - Distance)

125
Q

Various, different

A

Mbalimbali/mbali mbali

126
Q

Even

A

Hata

-Na hata miji midogo ya Afrika ya Mashariki (And even small towns of East Africa)

127
Q

Businesspeople

A

Wafanyabiashara

128
Q

To offer

A

Kutoa

129
Q

Letter/s

A

Barua

130
Q

Package/s (2)

A

Bahasha

Kifurushi/vifurushi

131
Q

Accommodation, housing

A

Malazi

132
Q

Health service(s)

A

Huduma za afya

133
Q

Ferry/ies, ship/s

A

Meli

134
Q

Guest/s, visitor/s, foreigner/s

A

Mgeni/wageni

135
Q

Deficit, shortage, lack

A

Ukosefu

136
Q

Fault/s, error/s

A

Kosa/makosa

137
Q

Kisasa

A

Modern, New, Up-to-date

138
Q

Medicine, medical treatment

A

Tiba

139
Q

Medical technology

A

Teknolojia ya tiba

140
Q

Uchache

A

Paucity, lack

141
Q

However

A

Hata hivyo

142
Q

To be damaged, to be destroyed

A

Kuharibika

143
Q

War/s, battle/s

A

Vita

144
Q

Accident/s

A

Ajali

145
Q

Nikusaidie nini? Translate and dissect

A

Can i help you?

  1. Ni- i
  2. -ku- you object infix
  3. -saidie subjunctive (Drop tense (-na-), replace -a with -e)

(Subjunctive: 1. Request, 2. Suggestion, 3. Directive/command)

146
Q

Na acha niangalie tovuti ya kazini kwangu na nisome barua zangu - Translate and dissect

A

And let me look at my workplace (‘company’) website and read my e-mails

I. Acha … -Let … is always followed by subjunctive

II. Kazini kwangu –> -ni = location noun, use ku- and kw- prefixes

III. niangalie and nisome = subjunctive (Drop tense infix (i.e. -na-) and replace final -a with -e)

147
Q

How to negate in (Use ninataka)

  1. Present tense (Ninataka)
  2. Future tense (Nitataka)
  3. Past simple (Nilitaka)
  4. Past perfect (-me-) (-mesha) (Nimetaka) (Nimeshataka)
  5. Commands (Taka, takeni)
  6. Subjunctive/polite imperative (Nitake)
  7. Conditional (Nikitaka)
A

How to negate in (Use ninataka)
1. Present tense (Ninataka)
Add negative prefix, drop -na- + change -a to -i (Sitaki)

  1. Future tense (Nitataka)
    Add negative prefix (Sitataka)
  2. Past simple (Nilitaka)
    Add negative prefix, change -li- to -ku- (Sikutaka)
  3. Past perfect (-me-) (-mesha) (Nimetaka) (Nimeshataka)
    Add negative prefix, change -me-/-mesha- to -ja- (Sijataka)
  4. Commands (Taka, takeni)
    U- sg / M- plural + -si- + verb root (-a to -e)
    (Usitake, msitake)
  5. Subjunctive/polite imperative (Nitake)
    Add negative prefix, Insert -si- between the subject prefix and the verb stem (Nisitake)

(Form subjuntive with dropping tense infix and changing final -a to -e)

  1. Conditional (Nikitaka)
    Replace -ki- with -sipo-
    (Nisipotaka)

Swahili (22 decks)

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