Adjectives 2 - Vowel stem adjectives Flashcards
(80 cards)
1
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-aminifu
A
Honest, trustworthy, faithful
2
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-ema
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Good (character); used mainly of people instead of -zuri
3
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-embamba
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Thin, narrow, slender
4
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-ekundu
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Red
5
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-epesi
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Light, easy
6
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-erevu
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Cunning, crafty
7
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-eupe
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White, light-coloured
8
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-eusi
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Black, dark-coloured
9
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-ingi
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Many, much
10
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-ingine
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Some (when referring to part of the whole), another, other(s)
11
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Mwizi mrefu mwerevu
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A tall, cunning thief
12
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Watoto Wazungu wengi
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Many European children
13
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Watoto waminifu wachache
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A few trustworthy children
14
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Mlango mwembamba mwekundu
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A narrow red door
15
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Mkate mweusi mwingine
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Another brown loaf
16
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Miti mirefu myembamba mingi
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Many tall, slender trees
17
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Lete kiti kizuri kingine
A
Bring another good chair
18
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Mfupi yule anangoja
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That short person is waiting
19
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Wangapi wanataka kwenda?
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How many (people) want to go?
20
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Ninataka wengine
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I want some other people
21
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Faithful servants
A
Watumishi waminifu
22
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White bread
A
Mkate mweupe
23
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A good woman
A
Mwanamke mwema
24
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Red shoes
A
Viatu vyekundu
25
Another month
Mwezi mwingine
26
Many people
(Watu) wengi
27
A slender tree
Mti mwembamba
28
A light load
Mzigo mwepesi
29
A black book
Kitabu cheusi
30
An honest African
Mwafrika mwaminifu
31
Much cloth
Kitambaa kingi
32
Many things
Vitu vingi
33
A thin book
Kitabu chembamba
34
A cunning thief
Mwizi mwerevu
35
Thin bodies
Miili myembamba
36
Dark materials
Vitambaa vyeusi
37
Many rooms
Vyumba vingi
38
Easy Swahili
Kiswahili chepesi
39
Another rhinoceros
Kifaru mwingine
40
Crafty labourers
Vibarua werevu
41
This long narrow river
Mto mrefu mwembamba huu
42
That old man knows much good agriculture
Mzee yule anajua kilimo kizuri kingi
43
Bring another large red cup
Lete kikombe chekundu kikubwa kingine
44
How many small white mosquito nets?
Vyandalua vidogo vyeupe vingapi?
45
That big fire is putting out much black smoke
Moto mkubwa ule unatoa moshi mweusi mwingi
46
That examination was very easy
Mtihani ule ulikuwa mwepesi sana
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That cunning animal is eating those red plants
Mnyama mwerevu yule anakula mimea myekundu ile
48
I need other efficient labourers
Ninahitaji vibarua waminifu wengine
49
We saw a fierce black rhinoceros in Serengeti
Tuliona kifaru mweusi mkali Serengeti
50
I am trying to learn this Swahili
Ninajaribu kujifunza Kiswahili hiki
51
Some children are playing a game
Watoto wengine wanacheza mchezo
52
He went to town to buy some potatoes
Alikwenda mjini kununua viazi
53
Many guests are coming to eat here to-day
Wageni wengi wanakuja kula hapa leo
54
We need other youths to help to catch that cunning animal
Tunahitaji vijana wengine kusaidia kukamata mnyama mwerevu yule
55
He got a very thin nail in the foot
Alipata msumari mwembamba sana mguuni
56
That old man was a very good person
Mzee yule alikuwa mwema sana
57
We put some red cloth in the room
Tuliweka kitambaa chekundu chumbani
58
He needs a faithful animal to stay in the house
Anahitaji mnyama mwaminifu kukaa nyumbani
59
I need a few brown (dark) loaves
Ninahitaji mikate myeusi michache
60
Some inhabitants lived there many years
Wenyeji wengine walikaa pale miaka mingi
61
A red sore
Idonda chekundu
62
Narrow beds
Vitanda vyembamba
63
Another door
Mlango mwingine
64
Black smoke
Moshi mweusi
65
White hands
Mikono myeupe
66
A cunning youth
Kijana mwerevu
67
Many crops/plants
Mimea mingi
68
Another thing (something else)
Kitu kingine
69
Dark people
Weusi
70
Dark/black mountains
Milima myeusi
71
I bought that other book
Nilinunua kitabu kingine kile
72
Some things were red, others were black
Vitu vingine vilikuwa vyekundu, vingine vilikuwa vyeusi
73
Many women were in the town, others stayed at home
Wanawake wengi walikuwa mjini; wengine walikaa nyumbani
74
You can take this light luggage, those can remain here
Unaweza kuchukua mizigo myepesi hii; ile inaweza kubaki hapa
75
An honest servant can get a big salary
Mtumishi mwaminifu anaweza kupata mshahara mkubwa
76
Those white insects are eating rotten trees
Wadudu weupe wale wanakula miti mibovu
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Many visitors arrived in Tanzania that year
Wageni wengi walifika Tanzania mwaka ule
78
The tall slender tree fell over there
Mti mrefu mwembamba ulianguka pale
79
Bring some more food here!
Lete chakula kingine hapa
80
Would you clean those other black shoes
Usafishe viatu vyeusi vingine vile
