Swahili Flashcards
(42 cards)
1
Q
-cheza
A
play
2
Q
daktari/ma-
A
doctor
3
Q
dawa
A
medicine
4
Q
fulani
A
so-and-so, certain; used when the name of a person is unknown
5
Q
homa
A
fever, malaria (N-)
6
Q
jambo/mambo
A
matter, thing, affair
7
Q
lazima
A
necessity, obligation
8
Q
mpira/mi-
A
ball
9
Q
-piga
A
hit
10
Q
-piga sindano
A
give injection (lit. hit needle)
11
Q
-pima
A
measure, examine
12
Q
pole
A
slowly, gently, softly, quietly (often reduplicated); also used an an expression of empathy or sympathy
13
Q
sindano
A
needle
14
Q
ugonjwa/ma-
A
sickness
15
Q
-cheka
A
laugh
16
Q
(kwa) ghafula
A
suddenly
17
Q
hadithi
A
story (N-)
18
Q
hamu
A
desire (N-)
19
Q
hivyo
A
those things referred to, such things
20
Q
-ishia
A
finish up
21
Q
kobe
A
tortoise (N- animate)
22
Q
-kubali
A
agree, accept
23
Q
kuliko
A
more than
24
Q
lo!
A
exclamation
25
-maliza
finish
26
mashindano
competition
27
mbio
speed; race
28
mjanja/wa-
clever person
29
mwendo/mi-
way, manner of going, pace
30
-ona lo
be surprised, be astonished (lit. see, feel astonishment)
31
-pita
pass
32
polepole
slowly slowly
33
-pumzika
rest
34
samahani
pardon me, excuse me, forgive me
35
-shinda
overcome, conquer, win, surpass, pass (an exam), etc
36
-shindana
compete with one another, compete
37
-sikia
hear
38
-sikiliza
listen
39
sungura
hare
40
-tangulia
go first
41
taratibu
order, orderliness, care, carefulness
42
usingizi
sleep (noun; often used after the verb -lala 'sleep'
