Swahili master quizlet

mama

mom

baba

dad

dada

sister

kaka

brother

binti

daughter

shangazi

paternal aunt

bibi

grandmother

babu

grandfather

ami

paternal uncle

nyanya

grandmother

-fanya

to do

-soma

to read, to study

-ongea

to talk, to speak

-ng'oa

to uproot

-fyatua

to set off, fire

-itwa

to be called

-kaa

to stay

-tafsiri

to translate

-funza

to teach

-kutana

to meet

-furaha

to be happy

-onana

to see one another

-penda

to like, to love

-uliza

to ask

-ishi

to live

-jibu

to answer

-taka

to want

-kunywa

to drink

-shinda

to win

-cheza

to play/dance

-rudi

to go back/ return

wewe

you

yeye

he/ she/ him/ her

sisi

we/ us

ninyi

you all

wao

they/ them (plural)

ni-

mimi

u-

wewe

a-

yeye

tu-

sisi

m-

ninyi

wa-

wao

-angu

my

-ako

your

-ake

his/her

-etu

our

-enu

y'all's

-ao

theirs (plural)

mtu

person

mnyama

animal

mtoto

child

mzazi

parent

mvulana

boy

msichana

girl

mpendwa

beloved

mchezaji

player

msafiri

traveler

mgeni

guest

moja

one

mbili

two

tatu

three

nne

four

tano

five

sita

six

saba

seven

nane

eight

tisa

nine

kumi

ten

kumi na moja

eleven

namba

number

ishirini

twenty

ishirini na mbili

twenty-two

thelathini

thirty

thelathini na tatu

thirty-three

arobaini

forty

arobaini na nne

forty-four

hamsini

fifty

hamsini na tano

fifty five

sitini

sixty

sitini na sita

sixty-six

sabini

seventy

sabini na saba

seventy-seven

themanini

eighty

themanini na nane

eighty-eight

tisini

ninety

tisini na tisa

ninety-nine

mia moja

one hundred

mia moja na moja

one hundred and one

sifuri

zero

kenda

also nine (bantu)

elfu moja

one thousand

elfu thelathini

thirty thousand

elfu mia moja/ laki moja

one hundred thousand

elfu mia tisa/ laki tisa

nine hundred thousand

milioni moja

one million

milioni kumi

ten million

milioni mia moja

one hundred million

which numbers take prefixes

moja, mbili (→wili), tatu, nne, tano, nane,

which numbers don’t take prefixes

sita, saba, tisa, kumi

mwanafunzi

student