Mungu ibariki Afrika Wabariki Viongozi wake Hekima Umoja na Amani Hizi ni ngao zetu Afrika na watu wake. Ibariki — Afrika Ibariki — Afrika Tubariki watoto wa Afrika. Mungu ibariki Tanzania Dumisha uhuru na Umoja Wake kwa Waume na Watoto Mungu Ibariki Tanzania na watu wake. Ibariki — Tanzania Ibariki — Tanzania Tubariki watoto wa…
Kabla: Before (kabla ya) Baada: After Mada: Topic Kwanza: First Pya: New (mada mpya, darasa jipya, mwalimu mpya) Mtu (one person); watu (people) Vipi? How? (Like ‘What do you think?’) Namba: Number Chagua: Choice Mti: Tree They don’t say “mtu moja” (one person). Instead: Take the first letter of the noun and stick it with…
Forty percent of Kiswahili words derive from Arabic. Kingazija has been since 1957 the national dialect of Kiswahili. In Kiswahili, many of the consonants are named by their sounds, without aspiration. Some of the sounds are softer than in our language: the p is less aspirated; the b sounds like a burp by itself. Here’s…
Words We Use in Daily Class Ba’ada = After Hapa = Here Kaa = Sit or stay (singular) Kaeni = Sit or stay (plural) Kingareza = English Kwa sabubu = Because Leo = Today Lingine = The other, another Majina = Nouns Misamiati = Vocabulary (this is a plural noun) Mko tayarai? = Are you…
