MIXED GRILL - 4

SWAHILI – ENGLISH

Redio – radio

Runinga – Television (T.V)

Kipaza sauti – Microphone.

Waya – cable

Umeme – Electricity.

Mfupi - short

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Naomba redio – Give me a radio

Huu waya ni mrefu – This wire is long.

Ninatumia kipaza sauti – I am using a microphone.

Ninaangalia runinga – I am watching TV.

Nitanunua waya – I will buy a cable.

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EXERCISE

Naomba waya – ……………………………………………

Huu waya ni mfupi – …………………………………………

Ninatumia redio –  ……………………………………………

Nitanunua redio –  ……………………………………………

Nitanunua kipaza sauti – ………………………………………

PRESENT TENSE AND PAST TENSE(2)

English - Swahili

cook - pika

run - kimbia

hide - ficha

get - pata

borrow - azima

meet - kutana

greet – salimia

help – saidia

send – tuma

play – cheza

pray - sali

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For present tense we start a word with nina- before a verb.

For past tense we start a word with nili- before a verb.

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I am cooking - Ninapika

I cooked - Nilipika

I am running - Ninapika

I ran - Nilipika

I am hiding - Ninapika

I hid - Nilipika.

EXERCISE

I am walking - ……………………………………………

I walked – ……………………………………………

I am smiling - ……………………………………………

I smiled - ………………………………………………

I am writing - ……………………………………………

I wrote - ……………………………………………

I am coming - ……………………………………………

I came - ………………………………………………

I am getting - …………………………………………

I got – ………………………………………………

I am borrowing - ………………………………………

I borrowed – ……………………………………………

I am meeting - ……………………………………

I met – …………………………………………………

I am greeting - ………………………………………

I greeted – ………………………………………………

I am sending - ………………………………………

I sent – …………………………………………………

I am playing - ………………………………………

I played – ………………………………………………

PRESENT TENSE AND PAST TENSE(1)

English - Swahili

Eat - Kula
Play - Cheza
Cry - lia
Find - tafuta
Spend - Tumia
Speak - Ongea
Produce - Zalisha

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For present tense we start a word with nina- before a verb.
For past tense we start a word with nili- before a verb.

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I am eating - Ninakula
I ate - Nilikula

I am dancing - Ninacheza
I danced - Nilicheza

I am cooking - Ninapika
I cooked - Nilipika.

I am walking - Ninatembea
I walked - Nilitembea

I am smiling - Ninatabasamu.
I smiled - Nilitabasamu

I am writing - Ninaandika
I wrote - Niliandika.

I am coming - Ninakuja
I came - Nilikuja.

EXERCISE

I am spending - ....................................................
I spent -...................................................................

I am finding - .....................................................
I found-............................................................

I am producing - ................................................
I produced-.........................................................

I am crying - ......................................................
I cried-..............................................................

I am speaking - ................................................
I spoke-............................................................

MIXED GRILL - 3

SWAHILI - ENGLISH

1.  Nipe mkate - Give me a bread.

2.  Nipe ruhusa - Give me a permission.

3.  Nipe ufunguo - Give me a key.

4.  Sihitaji chakula - I don't need food.

5.  Sihitaji maji ya kunywa - I don't need drinking water.

6.  Sihitaji kwenda hospitali - I don't need to go to the hospital.

7. Nisamehe kwa kuchelewa - Forgive me for being late.

8.  Nisamehe kwa kuharibu radio - Forgive me for destroying a radio.

9.  Nisamehe kwa kudondosha bakuli - Forgive me for dropping down a bowl.

10.  Nisamehe kwa kutokuja - Forgive me for not coming.

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QUIZ

1.  Sihitaji ufunguo -----------------------------------

2.  Nisamehe kwa kuharibu chakula. ------------------------------------------

3.  Sihitaji ruhusa ------------------------------------------

4.  Nipe maji ya kunywa --------------------------------------------

LANGUAGES

        Lugha - Language

• kijerumani – German
• Kiswahili – Swahili
• kiingereza – English
• kihispania – Spanish
• kichina – Chinese
• kireno – Portuguese
• kifaransa – French
• kiswede – Swedish
• kinorway – Norwegian
• Kifini – Finnish
• kialbania – Albanian.
• kiitaliano – Italian
• kiarabu – Arabic
• kijapani – Japanese.
• kikorea – Korean
• kihindi – Hindi

mifano ya sentensi – sentence examples.

1. Aakash anazungumza kihindi – Aaakash speaks Hindu.

2. Ninakwenda Norway – I am going to Norway.

3. Albania ni nchi ndogo – Albania is a small country.

4. Sitakwenda Korea  - I won’t go to Korea.

5. Sijui kifaransa – I don’t know French.

6. Ongea kwa kiingereza – Speak in English.

7. Nataka gari la kijapani – I want a Japanese car.

8. China ni nchi kubwa sana. – China is a very huge country.

9. Mayanja hatakwenda Ufini - Mayanja is not going to Finland.

QUIZ

1.  Sijui kijerumani - _____________

2.  Ureno ni nchi kubwa sana - _____________

3.  Ongea kwa kichina - _________________

4.  Najua kireno - _______________

5.  Nataka gari la kiafrika - _______________

COUNTING

ENGLISH - SWAHILI

• One - Moja 
• Two - Mbili
• Three - Tatu
• Four - Nne
• Five - Tano
• Six - Sita
• Seven - Saba
• Eight - Nane
• Nine - Tisa
• Ten - Kumi

• Eleven - Kumi na moja
• Twelve - Kumi na mbili
• Thirteen - Kumi na tatu
• Fourteen - Kumi na nne
• Fifteen - Kumi na tano
• Sixteen - Kumi na sita
• Seventeen - Kumi na saba
• Eighteen - Kumi na nane
• Nineteen - Kumi na tisa
• Twenty - Ishirini

  MIFANO - EXAMPLES

1.  Watu ishirini wamekuja - twenty people have come

2.  Mtu mmoja aje - One person should come

3.  Watu nane watafika - Eight people will arrive

4.  Watu watano wamekufa - Five people have died

5.  wanafunzi kumi na saba wanaumwa. - Seventeen students are sick

6.  Walimu sita wanahitajika. - Eight teachers are needed

7.  Magari matatu yameibiwa - Three cars have been stolen

8. Vitabu tisa havipo. - Nine books are missing

9.  Visosi viwili vimevunjika - Two saucers have been broken.

10. Vitabu vitatu vimechukuliwa - Twoo books have been taken

11. Nina watoto saba - I have seven children

12.  Una mipira miwili - You have two balls.

FOOD

ENGLISH - SWAHILI

money-pesa/fedha

bear-dubu

all-everything

rent - kodi

chew-tafuna

swallow-meza

refrigerator-jokofu

I don't like - sipendi

take - chukua

eat - kula

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SENTENCES -SENTENSI

1. I can't swallow this meat - Siwezi kumeza hii nyama

2. I hate fighting - sipendi ugomvi

3. I have not paid the rent - Sijalipa kodi

4. take all - Chukua vyote

5. All my money went for food and rent

      - Fedha yangu yote ilitumika kununua chakula na kodi ya nyumba.

6. Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves

   -Dubu hula chakula cha kutosha kabla ya kurudi tena mapangoni mwao.

7. Chew your food and don't swallow it! - Tafuna chakula na usimeze.

8. Chinese food - Chakula cha kichina

9. Freeze the leftover food - Weka chakula kilichobaki kwenye jokofu.

10. I hate Mexican food - Sipendi chakula cha ki-mexico

11. I love French food - Napenda chakula cha kifaransa.

EXERCISE - ZOEZI

1.  I love Mexican food - ..............................................................

2.  I hate French food - ..................................................................

3.  Take the Chinese food - ...............................................................