Swahili--U class Flashcards
(35 cards)
1
Q
key
A
ufunguo - funguo
2
Q
wood/timber
A
ubao - mbao
3
Q
beard
A
udevu - ndevu
4
Q
crack
A
ufa - nyufa
5
Q
firewood
A
ukuni - kuni
6
Q
page
A
ukurasa - kurasa
7
Q
wall
A
ukuta - kuta
8
Q
tongue
A
ulimi - ndimi
9
Q
fork
A
uma - nyuma
10
Q
hair
A
unywele - nywele
11
Q
side
A
upande - pande
12
Q
wind
A
upepo - pepo
13
Q
night
A
usiku - siku
14
Q
face
A
uso - nyuso
15
Q
thread/string
A
uzi - nyuzi
16
Q
period
A
wakati - nyakati
17
Q
razor
A
wembe - nyembe
18
Q
research
A
utafiti
19
Q
this
A
huu
20
Q
that
A
ule
21
Q
these
A
hizi
22
Q
those
A
zile
23
Q
of (sing/plu)
A
wa - za
24
Q
possessive pronouns (sing/plu)
A
wangu - zangu
25
subject prefixes (sing/plu)
u - zi
26
negative subject prefixes (sing/plu)
hau - hazi
27
locative (sing/plu)
uko - ziko
28
negative locative (sing/plu)
hauko - haziko
29
which/that (sing/plu)
ambao - ambazo
30
consonant stem adjective prefix (sing)
m-
31
consonant stem adjective prefix (plu)
```
takes n-class rule:
n- (j, d, g, z)
m- (v, b, mpya)
refu - ndefu
otherwise no prefix
```
32
vowel stem adjective prefix (sing)
mw-
33
vowel stem adjective prefix (plu)
ny-
34
to have (sing/plu)
una - zina
35
to not have (sing/plu)
hauna - hazina
