Ngeli/Demonstratives/Adjectives

Swahili 040 - Final Exam

ngeli 1-2

m-wa

mtu huyu mzuri

watu hawa wazuri

ngeli 3-4

m-mi

mlima huu mzuri

milima hii mizuri

ngeli 5-6

ji-ma

duka hili zuri

maduka haya mazuri

ngeli 7-8

ki-vi

chakula hiki kizuri

vyakula hivi vizuri

ngeli 9-10

n-n

kompyuta hii nzuri

kompyuta hizi nzur

ngeli 11

u

ukuta huu mzuri

ngeli 14

u

umoja huu mzuri

ngeli 15

ku

kusoma huku kuzuri

ngeli 16

pa

mahali hapa pazuri

ngeli 17

ku

mahali huku kuzuri

ngeli 18

mu

mahali humu mzuri

ngeli 1-2 types

humans/animals, animate nouncs

ngeli 3-4 types

plants

ngeli 5-6 types

various; inanimate objects, abstract ideas

ngeli 7-8 types

tools, human-made inanimate objects, languages

ngeli 9-10 types

borrowed words

ngeli 11 types

long and thin things

ngeli 14 types

abstract names

ngeli 15 types

gerunds/infinitives

ngeli 16 types

specific locative

ngeli 17 types

general locative

ngeli 18 types

inside locative