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1
Q

person

A

mtu / watu

2
Q

teacher

A

mwalimu / walimu

3
Q

student

A

mwanafunzi / wanafunzi

4
Q

guest

A

mgeni / wageni

5
Q

patient

A

mgonjwa / wagonjwa

6
Q

cook

A

mpishi / wapishi

7
Q

child

A

mtoto / watoto

8
Q

helper

A

msaidizi / wasaidizi

9
Q

old person

A

mzee / wazee

10
Q

bug

A

mdudu / wadudu

11
Q

animal

A

mnyama / wanyama

12
Q

citizen/native

A

mwenyeji / wenyeji

13
Q

woman

A

mwanamke / wanawake

14
Q

man

A

mwanamume / wanaume

15
Q

farmer

A

mkulima / wakulima

16
Q

wife

A

mke / wake

17
Q

husband

A

mume / waume

18
Q

this (m/wa class)

A

huyu

19
Q

that (m/wa class)

A

yule

20
Q

these (m/wa class)

A

hawa

21
Q

those (m/wa class)

A

wale

22
Q

of (m/wa class linking article)

A

wa

23
Q

my (m/wa class)

A

wangu

24
Q

your (m/wa class)

A

wako

25
Q

his/her (m/wa class)

A

wake

26
Q

our (m/wa class)

A

wetu

27
Q

all of your (m/wa class)

A

wenu

28
Q

their (m/wa class)

A

wao

29
Q

to be (referring to location, full conjugation)

A

niko, uko, yako/ako, tuko, mko, wako

30
Q

to not be (referring to location, full conjugation)

A

siko, huko, hayuko, hatuko, hamko, hawako

31
Q

which/that/whom (m/wa class) (singular)

A

ambaye

32
Q

which/that/whom (m/wa class) (plural)

A

ambao

33
Q

consonant stem adjective – singular – with m/wa class noun

A

m-

34
Q

consonant stem adjective – plural – with m/wa class noun

A

wa-

35
Q

vowel stem adjective – singular – with m/wa class noun

A

mw-

36
Q

vowel stem adjective – plural – with m/wa class noun

A

w- if a/e/o/u following, we- if i following

37
Q

bad student

A

mwanafunzi mbaya

38
Q

rotten man

A

mwanamume mbovu

39
Q

few people

A

watu wachache

40
Q

dirty bugs

A

wadudu wachafu

41
Q

small child

A

mtoto mdogo

42
Q

short old person

A

mzee mfupi

43
Q

foreign/strange people

A

watu wageni

44
Q

difficult teacher

A

mwalimu mgumu

45
Q

smart student

A

mwanafunzi mkali

46
Q

big woman

A

mwanamke mkubwa

47
Q

fat man

A

mwanamume mnene

48
Q

fat animal

A

mnyama mnono

49
Q

how many guests

A

wageni wangapi

50
Q

wide/broad woman

A

mwanamke mpana

51
Q

new patient

A

mgonjwa mpya

52
Q

tall men

A

mwanamume mrefu

53
Q

lazy students

A

wanafunzi wavivu

54
Q

whole patient

A

mgonjwa mzima

55
Q

heavy patient

A

mgonjwa mzito

56
Q

important man

A

mwanamume mkuu

57
Q

nice woman

A

mwanamke mzuri

58
Q

pretty animals

A

mwanyama wazuri

59
Q

pleasant children

A

watoto wazuri

60
Q

honest/trustworthy person

A

mtu mwaminifu

61
Q

honest/trustworthy helpers

A

wasaidizi waminifu

62
Q

thin/slender man

A

mwanamume mwembamba

63
Q

thin/slender children

A

watoto wembamba

64
Q

red bug

A

mdudu mwekundu

65
Q

red animals

A

wanyama wekundu

66
Q

light (in weight) child

A

mtoto mwepesi

67
Q

light (in weight) women

A

wanawake wepesi

68
Q

cunning/crafty student

A

mwanafunzi mwerevu

69
Q

cunning/crafty children

A

watoto werevu

70
Q

black man

A

mwanamume mweusi

71
Q

black women

A

wanawake weusi

72
Q

many patients

A

wagonjwa wengi

73
Q

many people

A

watu wengi

74
Q

another teacher

A

mwalimu mwingine

75
Q

other farmers

A

wakulima wengine

76
Q

some children

A

watoto wengine

77
Q

white bug

A

mdudu mweupe

78
Q

white animals

A

wanyama weupe

79
Q

translator

A

mtafusiri

80
Q

friend / friends

A

rafiki / marafiki

81
Q

doctor / doctors

A

daktari / madaktari

82
Q

driver / drivers

A

dereva / madereva