Week 6

Question 1

usingizi

Answer 1

tired

Question 2

-sahihisha

Answer 2

to correct (ex. an assignment)

Question 3

maisha

Answer 3

life

Question 4

mwenyeji

Answer 4

local

Question 5

kitu kidogo

Answer 5

euphemism for a bribe

Question 6

chai

Answer 6

tea; euphemism for a bribe

Question 7

-danganya

Answer 7

to cheat

Question 8

kipindi (pl. vipindi)

Answer 8

episode

Question 9

-pumuzika

Answer 9

to relax

Question 10

-vuna

Answer 10

to harvest, gather, pick

Question 11

kuchemsha bongo

Answer 11

(lit. to fry our brains) - warm up

Question 12

-piga kura

Answer 12

to vote

Question 13

kwa kukuanusha

Answer 13

in the negative

Question 14

rais (+wa)

Answer 14

president, leader (of)

Question 15

sentensi kamili

Answer 15

full sentence

Question 16

pombe

Answer 16

beer, alcohol

Question 17

kusini

Answer 17

south

Question 18

kijana

Answer 18

young person

Question 19

kipofu

Answer 19

blind person

Question 20

kiziwi

Answer 20

deaf person

Question 21

kiboko

Answer 21

hippopotamus, cane

Question 22

chakula (pl. vyakula)

Answer 22

food

Question 23

choo (pl. vyoo)

Answer 23

toilet (avoid saying)

Question 24

msalani

Answer 24

more polite way of saying bathroom

Question 25

kwa wingi

Answer 25

in the plural

Question 26

kikombe (pl. vikombe)

Answer 26

cup

Question 27

kitanda (vitanda)

Answer 27

bed

Question 28

kikapu (vikapu)

Answer 28

basket

Question 29

kisima

Answer 29

well, spring

Question 30

kisiwa

Answer 30

island

Question 31

kipande

Answer 31

ID (loaded word, from colonial times)

Question 32

kichwa (vichwa)

Answer 32

head

Question 33

kisu (visu)

Answer 33

knife

Question 34

kubwa

Answer 34

(adj) big, large, major

Question 35

zuri

Answer 35

good (adj)

Question 36

baya

Answer 36

bad (adj)

Question 37

chafu

Answer 37

dirty, filthy (adj)

Question 38

fupi

Answer 38

short, brief, concise (adj)

Question 39

ngapi?

**special

Answer 39

how much/many?

**question word that functions like an adjective

• ex. viti vingapi? visu vingapi?

Question 40

kiatu (viatu)

Answer 40

shoe, sandal

Question 41

-potea

Answer 41

to get/be lost

Question 42

-anguka

Answer 42

to fall down, to fail (a test, a business)

Question 43

mnyang’aji

Answer 43

petty thief

Question 44

-rudisha

Answer 44

to return (transitive, something)

Question 45

lugha

Answer 45

language

Question 46

aje?

Answer 46

how?

**normal added to the verb, doesn’t stand on its own

Question 47

kubwa

Answer 47

big

Question 48

-hitaji

Answer 48

to need

Question 49

kiazi (viazi)

Answer 49

potato

Question 50

mayai

Answer 50

eggs

Question 51

katika

Answer 51

(prep.) in, inside, out of, from;

during (ex. katika kuenda = while going)

Question 52

-katika

Answer 52

to be cut, to come to an end

Question 53

chuo kikuu

Answer 53

university

Question 54

mama wa nyumba

Answer 54

housewife

Question 55

sayansi

Answer 55

science

Question 56

-kuta

Answer 56

to meet, come across

Question 57

-lewa

Answer 57

to be drunk

Question 58

-chelewa

Answer 58

to be late, be delayed, slowed down

Question 59

-potea

Answer 59

to get/be lost, to disappear

Question 60

kombe

Answer 60

cup, bowl; oyster

Question 61

-pendeza

Answer 61

to attract, be pleasing, cause to love, cause to like, be nice

** the “z” adds a causative sense to the verb

Question 62

kijiko

Answer 62

spoon

Question 63

kikombe

Answer 63

cup, mug, trophy

Question 64

kioo

Answer 64

mirror, glass (pane); fish hook

Question 65

cheti

Answer 65

certificate, document, permit, pass

Question 66

kifua

Answer 66

chest

Question 67

cheo

Answer 67

rank, status, position, title

Question 68

kidole

Answer 68

finger, toe

Question 69

refu

Answer 69

long, tall, high (adj.)

Question 70

kali

Answer 70

severe, cruel; hot; sharp (adj.)

Question 71

-iba

Answer 71

to steal, to rob

Question 72

kumbusho

Answer 72

souvenir

Question 73

sarakasi

Answer 73

??

Question 74

wateja

Answer 74

customers, subscribers

Question 75

njaa

Answer 75

hunger

Question 76

subiri

Answer 76

??

Question 77

kidege

Answer 77

little birdie/plane

you can change a noun into ki-vi to make it diminutive - here it’s from ndege

Question 78

nyimbo (wimbo)

Answer 78

song

Question 79

mapenzi

Answer 79

??

Question 80

uchaguzi

Answer 80

elections

Question 81

-tetemeka

Answer 81

to shake with fear, tremble

Question 82

-po

Answer 82

locative - specific

Question 83

-ko

Answer 83

locative - indefinite

Question 84

-mo

Answer 84

locative - internal location

Question 85

gereza

Answer 85

jail

Question 86

uanja wandege

Answer 86

airport (lit. field of planes)

Question 87

wakulima

Answer 87

farmers

Question 88

-kumbuko

Answer 88

to remember

Question 89

-pona

Answer 89

to get well

Question 90

-poa

Answer 90

to cool (something down)
- also "cool" in sheng

Question 91

sumu

Answer 91

poison

Question 92

-kufa

Answer 92

to die

Question 93

-kutana (+na)

Answer 93

to meet (together/with)

Question 94

-oga

Answer 94

to shower, bathe

Question 95

mvua

Answer 95

rain

Question 96

jua

Answer 96

sun

Question 97

-jua

Answer 97

to know

Question 98

kuna

Answer 98

there is

Question 99

theluji

Answer 99

snow, ice

Question 100

-ibiwa

Answer 100

to get robbed

Question 101

-iba

Answer 101

to rob

Question 102

mlima (+wa)

Answer 102

mountain (Mount ___)

Question 103

-sherekeza

Answer 103

to celebrate

Question 104

mnyama (wanyama)

Answer 104

animal

Question 105

-kuta

Answer 105

to meet

Question 106

-omba

Answer 106

to pray

Question 107

mbele

Answer 107

straight ahead, forward

Question 108

-elekeza

Answer 108

to give directions, show the way

Question 109

njia

Answer 109

road, path, way

Question 110

matatu / dala dala

Answer 110

minivan

Question 111

beba

Answer 111

let me carry you! (carry!!)

Question 112

miguu

Answer 112

foot

Question 113

meli

Answer 113

ferry

Question 114

pikipiki / bodaboda

Answer 114

motorbike

Question 115

teksi

Answer 115

taxi

Question 116

lori

Answer 116

truck

Question 117

basi

Answer 117

bus

Question 118

daladala/ matatu

Answer 118

minibus

Question 119

-vuka

Answer 119

to cross

Question 120

barabara

Answer 120

street

Question 121

-endelea

Answer 121

continue (ex. continue down the street –

-endelea mtaa)

Question 122

mtaa

Answer 122

street

Question 123

-enda

Answer 123

to go

Question 124

moja kwa moja

Answer 124

straight ahead

Question 125

-teremka

Answer 125

go down (ex. this street, this hill)

Question 126

-shika

Answer 126

to take

Question 127

-geuka

Answer 127

to turn

Question 128

-pita

Answer 128

to pass

Question 129

njia panda

Answer 129

cross street/junction

Question 130

-fuata

Answer 130

to follow, pursue (ex. fuata njia)

Question 131

-pinda

Answer 131

to turn

Question 132

kulia

Answer 132

right

Question 133

kushoto

Answer 133

left

Question 134

mkono wako wa kulia

Answer 134

on your right

Question 135

mkono wako wa kushoto

Answer 135

on your left

Question 136

upande wa kulia/kushoto

Answer 136

on the right/left hand side

Question 137

kuomba njia?

Answer 137

can you show me the way to…?

Question 138

ninaomba

Answer 138

I am politely asking (idiomatic way of introducing a question politely, lit. “i am praying”)

Question 139

unaweza kunionyesha…?

Answer 139

can you show me…?

Question 140

posta

Answer 140

post office

Question 141

benki

Answer 141

bank

Question 142

hoteli

Answer 142

hotel

Question 143

kanisa

Answer 143

church

Question 144

kituo cha basi

Answer 144

bus station

Question 145

ng’anga’na

Answer 145

to bargain

Question 146

-ng’ang’ania

Answer 146

to bargain with

Question 147

unapendeza

Answer 147

you are attractive (to me) = sexy

Question 148

Hakuna siri ya watu wa wili

Answer 148

there are no secrets between us