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Week 7 Flashcards

1
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suruali

A

pants

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2
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nguo

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cloth, clothing

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3
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-ka-

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a tense marker which is used in story-telling, It is also used to mean “and then” when a series of actions follow one another closely

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4
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nilikuwa

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i was (can also say “i was” as in i was Drake for halloween)

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5
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-chora

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to draw

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6
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kila

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every

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7
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-choka

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to be tired

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8
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sarakasi

A

skits

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9
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-vaa

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to wear

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10
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fupi

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shorts

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11
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huzuni

A

sadness

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12
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ndefu

A

long

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13
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kama

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like

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14
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kila saa

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every hour

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15
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idhaa

A

?

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16
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-hudhuria

A

?

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17
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gauni

A

?

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18
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-chungua

A

?

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19
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-chambua

A

?

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20
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pekee

A

?

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21
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ndoo

A

?

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22
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mchawi /wachawi

A

witch doctor (with negative connotations of cursing people)

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23
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mganga / waganga

A

witch doctor (not as negative)

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24
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mgeni / wageni

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visitor

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25
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mgonjwa / wagonjwa

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a sick person

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26
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mke / wake

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wife

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27
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mpishi / wapishi

A

cook (person)

from -pika

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28
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mtumwa / watumwa

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slave

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29
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mzungu / wazungu

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white person (not necessarily derogatory)

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30
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mlinzi / walinzi

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security guard

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31
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msafiri / wasafiri

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traveller

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32
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mlimaji / walimaji

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farmer

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33
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mjinga / wajinga

A

stupid (noun or adjective)

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34
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mkristo / wakristo

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Christian

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35
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mzazi / wazazi

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parent

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36
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babu

A

grandfather

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37
Q

kiziwi

A

a deaf person

in m/wa noun class

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38
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kibarua

A

errand boy/girl, casual laborer

in m/wa noun class

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39
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kijana

A 
young person
(in m/wa noun class)
40
Q

kipofu

A 
blind person
(in m/wa noun class)
41
Q

shangazi

A

auntie

42
Q

mjomba / wajomba

A

uncle

43
Q

binamu / binamu

A

cousin

44
Q

mume

A

husband

45
Q

shemeji

A

in-law

46
Q

nono

A

fat

47
Q

tiifu

A

hardworking

48
Q

mchokozi / wachokozi

A

someone who makes fun of people, but not negative

49
Q

-hisi

A

to beg

50
Q

tukutu

A

naughty, mischievous, disobedient (adj.)

51
Q

-potea

A

to get lost, be lost, disappear

52
Q

-angalia

A

to look, watch, check, inspect, observe

53
Q

kifaru / vifaru

A

rhinoceros

54
Q

kitoto / vitoto

A 
small baby (noun)
childishly (adverb)
55
Q

shemeji

A

in-law

56
Q

mchumba

A

fiancé(e)

57
Q

baba wa kambo

A

stepfather

58
Q

mama wa kambo

A

stepmother

59
Q

mpwa

A

niece/nephew

60
Q

-zoea

A

to get used to

61
Q

chuo kikuu

A

university

62
Q

-jali

A

to care

63
Q

-fikiri

A

to think

64
Q

-sahau

A

to forget

65
Q

sukuma wiki

A

a green sort of like kale

lit. “to push the week”, an affordable vegetable

66
Q

wakili

A

lawyer

67
Q

kulewa chakari

A

to get stupid drunk

68
Q

mlevi

A

drunkard

69
Q

bahari

A

luck

70
Q

-ua

A

to kill

71
Q

ua / maua

A

a flower

72
Q

-piga hodi

A

call ‘hodi’ outside someone’s door

73
Q

elimu

A

knowledge, science, education

74
Q

gereza

A

prison

75
Q

-ingia

A

to enter, go in; to join, take part in

76
Q

ndani

A

inside, within

77
Q

jiko

A

kitchen

78
Q

-pata

A

get, find, obtain

79
Q

mshtakiwa (washtakiwa)

A

accused, defendant

80
Q

ukweli

A

truth

81
Q

kaarafu

A

cloves

82
Q

uwanja wa ndege

A

airport

83
Q

uwanja

A

field, area

84
Q

uwanja wa michezo

A

playing field

85
Q

-panda

A

to get onto, mount; to grow

86
Q

-pona

A

to heal, recover, get well

87
Q

nyoka

A

snake

88
Q

leseni

A

license

89
Q

bila

A

without

90
Q

-pania

A

to crash, collide, bump

91
Q

nje

A

outside, out (preposition) + ya (outside of)

external, foreign (adjective)

92
Q

maelekezo

A

directions, instructions

93
Q

ofisi ya watalii

A

tourist office

94
Q

-elekeza

A

to direct, show the way

95
Q

toka, kutoka

A

from (preposition)

96
Q

-pinda

A

to bend, curve, turn

Kiswahili (13 decks)

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