Week 2

Question 1

-lala

Answer 1

to sleep

Question 2

-imba

Answer 2

to sing

Question 3

-soma

Answer 3

to read, to study

Question 4

-sema

Answer 4

to speak

Question 5

-weza

Answer 5

to be able

Question 6

-nunua

Answer 6

to buy

Question 7

-enda

Answer 7

to go

Question 8

-cheka

Answer 8

to laugh

Question 9

-lia

Answer 9

to cry

Question 10

-safiri

Answer 10

to travel

Question 11

-tazama

Answer 11

to look

Question 12

-andika

Answer 12

to write

Question 13

-kaa

Answer 13

to sit, to live, to stay

Question 14

-kula

Answer 14

to eat

Question 15

-chapa

Answer 15

to beat (i.e. hit someone)

Question 16

-kuja

Answer 16

to come

Question 17

-tembea

Answer 17

to walk

Question 18

-ruka

Answer 18

to jump

Question 19

-kimbia

Answer 19

to run

Question 20

-endelea

Answer 20

to continue

Question 21

-simama

Answer 21

to stand

Question 22

-agiza

Answer 22

to order (ex. food, drink, etc)

Question 23

kahawa

Answer 23

coffee

Question 24

chakula

Answer 24

food

Question 25

jahanamu

Answer 25

hell

Question 26

muhimu

Answer 26

important

Question 27

-jaribu

Answer 27

to try

Question 28

-jibu

Answer 28

to answer

Question 29

-keti

Answer 29

to sit

Question 30

-rudi

Answer 30

to come back

Question 31

-njoo

Answer 31

to come

Question 32

-elewa

Answer 32

to understand

Question 33

-nuka

Answer 33

to stink

Question 34

How to form the imperative

Answer 34

use the root form. For verbs ending in -a, use -eni for the plural imperative. For verbs ending in other vowels, use -ni.

Question 35

How to form the infinitive

Answer 35

add prefix ku- to the stem

Question 36

-na-

Answer 36

tense marker: present

Question 37

ni-

Answer 37

I (subject prefix in verb)

Question 38

u-

Answer 38

you (sg., subject prefix in verb)

Question 39

a-

Answer 39

s/he (subject prefix in verb)

Question 40

tu-

Answer 40

we (subject prefix in verb)

Question 41

m-

Answer 41

you (pl., subject prefix in verb)

Question 42

wa-

Answer 42

they (subject prefix in verb)

Question 43

mimi

Answer 43

I/me (subject pronoun)

Question 44

wewe

Answer 44

you (sg. subject pronoun)

Question 45

yeye

Answer 45

s/he (subject pronoun)

Question 46

sisi

Answer 46

we (subject pronoun)

Question 47

nyinyi / ninyi

Answer 47

you (pl., subject pronoun)

Question 48

wao

Answer 48

they (subject pronoun)

Question 49

mgeni (pl. wageni)

Answer 49

visitor

Question 50

-fika

Answer 50

to arrive

Question 51

-ishi

Answer 51

to live

Question 52

-taka

Answer 52

to want, desire

Question 53

-lipa

Answer 53

to pay

Question 54

-leta

Answer 54

to bring

Question 55

-cheza

Answer 55

to play

Question 56

-fanya

Answer 56

to do, make

Question 57

-vaa

Answer 57

to wear, to dress

Question 58

-hitaji

Answer 58

to need, require

Question 59

bure kabisa

Answer 59

terrible

Question 60

njaa

Answer 60

hunger

Question 61

kwa nini?

Answer 61

why?

Question 62

nipe tano

Answer 62

give me five (i.e. a high five)

Question 63

nini?

Answer 63

what?

Question 64

-pigamakofi

Answer 64

clap

Question 65

-tabasamu

Answer 65

to smile

Question 66

kitabu (pl. vitabu)

Answer 66

book

Question 67

wapi?

Answer 67

where?

Question 68

-nukia

Answer 68

to smell good

Question 69

kiingereza

Answer 69

English (language)

Question 70

kidogo

Answer 70

a little bit (adverb)

Question 71

peremende

Answer 71

candy

Question 72

-sinzia

Answer 72

to dream

Question 73

nyumbani

Answer 73

home

Question 74

-li-

Answer 74

past perfect (tense marker)

Question 75

hakuna

Answer 75

none, no

Question 76

matata

Answer 76

problems

Question 77

-kata

Answer 77

to rip (idiomatically used when buying tickets)

Question 78

amka (pl. amkeni)

Answer 78

wake up!

Question 79

-amka

Answer 79

to wake up

Question 80

mlevi (pl. walevi)

Answer 80

drunkard

Question 81

nani

Answer 81

who?

Question 82

Jina lako (ni) nani?

Answer 82

What is your name?

Question 83

Jina langu (ni) ____.

Answer 83

My name is ____.

Question 84

-zaliwa

Answer 84

to be born (passive)

Question 85

-zaa

Answer 85

to give birth to

Question 86

gani

Answer 86

what kind of?

Question 87

mpishi

Answer 87

cook (profession)

Question 88

-pika

Answer 88

to cook

Question 89

Je, unaishi wapi?

Answer 89

Where do you live?

Question 90

-hama

Answer 90

to move (away), to emigrate

Question 91

jina (pl. majina)

Answer 91

name

Question 92

-ta-

Answer 92

future perfect tense marker

Question 93

unafanya kazi gani?

Answer 93

What do you do?

Question 94

siku

Answer 94

days

Question 95

wiki

Answer 95

week

Question 96

fimbo (pl. mafimbo)

Answer 96

stick, cane

Question 97

joto (pl. majoko)

Answer 97

hot, warm (adj); heat, warmth (noun)

Question 98

pata

Answer 98

hinge

Question 99

-pata

Answer 99

to strike, to get

Question 100

chura (pl. vyura)

Answer 100

frog

Question 101

bata (pl. mabata)

Answer 101

duck

Question 102

-vuka

Answer 102

to cross, pass (over/through), to slip (off/away)