SWAH 105 vocab ch 1-10

a kutosha

a lami

paved (see lami 'tar, asphalt')

agana

say goodbye to each other, take leave of one another

amkiana

greet one another (cf. maamkio 'greetings')

bisha hodi

call hodi to seek entrance

chelewa

be late

eleza

explain

fanya

do, make

fanya kazi

work, do work

fika

arrive

fundisha

teach

jibu

answer (a question)

jifunza

learn

kaa

live, reside; stay, remain; sit

kali

strict, hard, tough, sharp, etc.

kataa

say no, deny, negate

nunua

buy

onana

see one another

safari

travel, take a trip

safiri

travel (cf. safari 'trip, journey')

sema na

speak with

simama

stop (verb); also 'stand'

soma

study, read

taka

want, desire

toka

come from

tumia

use

vua

fish (verb)

zungumza

converse, chat (cf. mazungumzo 'conversation, dialogue')

ja / kuja

come / to come

uliza

ask (a question)

baada ya

after

Baba

father

Baba Taifa

Father of the Nation

bahati

luck (usually sg.)

baisikeli

bicycle (sg. and pl.)

baina ya

among, between

bara

mainland, up

barabara

road, highway

basi / mabasi

bus / plural

bweni / mabweni

dormitory / plural

cha

of

chai

tea

chakula / vyakula

food / plural

chamshakinywa

breakfast

chuo / vyuo

school, college / plural

chuo kikuu / vyuo vikuu

university / plural

dada

elder sister; sister

darasa / madarasa

classroom, class / plural

dereva / madereva

driver / plural

digri

degree

elimu

education

elimu ya kompyuta

computer science

elimu ya usimamizi wa fedha

finance

elimu ya hali ya mazingira

environmental science

elimu ya maktaba

library science

elimu ya mawasiliano

communication studies

elimu ya siasa

political science

eropleni

airplane

falsafa

philosophy

fasihi

literature

fizikia

physics

gani?

what sort, what kind?

gari / magari

vehicle / plural

gari la moshi / magari ya moshi

train / plural

ghali

expensive

habari zenu?

how are you (pl.)

habari zako

how are you (sg.)

hajambo

is s/he well?

hali

condition, situation

hapana

no

hasa

especially

hawajambo

are they well?

heri

happiness, blessedness

hizi

these

hodi

call to seek entrance

hospitali

hospital

huko

there (previously mentioned)

ingawa

although

isimu (ya lugha)

linguistics

je

question particle

jibu kwa kukataa

answer in the negative

jina / majina

name / plural

jioni

evening

jiografia

geography

jiolojia

geology

juu ya

about, concerning, on

kabila / makabila

ethnic group / plural

kabla ya

before

kama

about, around; if, like

karibu

near; welcome

karibu (adv.)

nearly

katika

in, on

kazi

work

kazini

at work

kemia

chemistry

kijana / vijana

youth / plural

kijiji / vijiji

village / plural

kila

each, every

kiongozi / viongozi

leader / plural

kisiwa / visiwa

island / plural