Swahili--adjectives Flashcards
(122 cards)
1
Q
excellent
A
bora
2
Q
smooth/soft
A
laini
3
Q
each/every
A
kila
4
Q
efficient/energetic
A
hodari
5
Q
expensive
A
ghali
6
Q
beautiful
A
maridadi
7
Q
poor/miserable
A
maskini
8
Q
cheap
A
rahisi
9
Q
clean/pure
A
safi
10
Q
okay/alike/equal
A
sawa
11
Q
ready
A
tayari
12
Q
open
A
wazi
13
Q
bad
A
-baya
14
Q
rotten
A
-bovu
15
Q
few
A
-chache
16
Q
dirty
A
-chafu
17
Q
small
A
-dogo
18
Q
short/low
A
-fupi
19
Q
strange/foreign
A
-geni
20
Q
difficult
A
-gumu
21
Q
sharp/fierce/strict/smart
A
-kali
22
Q
dry
A
-kavu
23
Q
big
A
-kubwa
24
Q
fat/thick (people)
A
-nene
25
fat (animals)
-nono
26
how many
-ngapi
27
wide/broad/flat
-pana
28
new
-pya
29
tall/long/deep/steep
-refu
30
sweet
-tamu
31
empty
-tupu
32
lazy/idle
-vivu
33
whole
-zima
34
heavy
-zito
35
main/great/important
-kuu
36
old (things)
-kuu kuu
37
nice/pretty/pleasant
-zuri
38
old (people)
-zee
39
far
mbali
40
hungry
-nja
41
honest/trustworthy
-aminifu
42
thin/narrow/slender
-embamba
43
red
-ekundu
44
light (in weight)
-epesi
45
cunning/crafty
-erevu
46
black
-eusi
47
many/much
-ingi
48
some/other/another
-ingine
49
white
-eupe
50
healthy
-afya
51
blue
buluu
52
green
kibichi
53
light blue
samawati
54
yellow
manjano
55
grey
kijivu
56
orange
machungwa
57
purple
zambaru
58
pink
pink
59
different
-tofauti
60
weak
dhaifu
61
busy
shuguri
62
bora
excellent
63
laini
smooth/soft
64
kila
each/every
65
hodari
efficient/energetic
66
ghali
expensive
67
maridadi
beautiful
68
maskini
poor/miserable
69
rahisi
cheap
70
safi
clean/pure
71
sawa
okay/alike/equal
72
tayari
ready
73
wazi
open
74
-baya
bad
75
-bovu
rotten
76
-chache
few
77
-chafu
dirty
78
-dogo
small
79
-fupi
short/low
80
-geni
strange/foreign
81
-gumu
difficult
82
-kali
sharp/fierce/strict/smart
83
-kavu
dry
84
-kubwa
big
85
-nene
fat/thick (people)
86
-nono
fat (animals)
87
-ngapi
how many
88
-pana
wide/broad/flat
89
-pya
new
90
-refu
tall/long/deep/steep
91
-tamu
sweet
92
-tupu
empty
93
-vivu
lazy/idle
94
-zima
whole
95
-zito
heavy
96
-kuu
main/great/important
97
-kuu kuu
old (things)
98
-zuri
nice/pretty/pleasant
99
-zee
old (people)
100
mbali
far
101
-nja
hungry
102
-aminifu
honest/trustworthy
103
-embamba
thin/narrow/slender
104
-ekundu
red
105
-epesi
light (in weight)
106
-erevu
cunning/crafty
107
-eusi
black
108
-ingi
many/much
109
-ingine
some/other/another
110
-eupe
white
111
-afya
healthy
112
buluu
blue
113
kibichi
green
114
samawati
light blue
115
manjano
yellow
116
kijivu
grey
117
machungwa
orange
118
zambaru
purple
119
pink
pink
120
-tofauti
different
121
dhaifu
weak
122
shuguri
busy
