ENGLISH | SWAHILI |
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GREETINGS |
|
Hello! | Habari! |
Good morning! | Habari za asubuhi! |
Good afternoon! | Habari za mchana! |
Good evening! | Habari za jioni! |
Good night! | Lala salama |
Good Bye! | Kwa heri |
Bye! | Baadaye! |
IMPORTANT VOCABULARIES |
|
Yes | Ndio |
No | Hapana |
Okay | Sawa |
Maybe | Pengine |
Thank you | Asante |
You're Welcome | Karibu |
Excuse me | Samahani |
I'm sorry | Pole sana |
I don't have | sina |
We don't have | Hatuna |
There is no | Hakuna |
INTRODUCING YOURSELF |
|
My name is.. | Ninaitwa.. |
I'm from.. | Ninatoka.. |
I'm... years old | Nina miaka.. |
I am not married | Sijaolewa |
I'm not travelling alone | Sisafiri peke yangu |
I'm travelling with.. | Ninasafiri na.. |
COMPREHENSION |
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I don't speak swahili | Sizungumzi kiswahili |
I don't understand that | Hiyo sijaelewa |
Do you speak..? | Unazungumza....? |
Does anyone here speak...? | Kuna mtu anayezungumza...? |
English | Kiingereza |
France | Kifaransa |
Could you write that down please | Tafadhali niandikie hiyo chini. |
Could you please repeat that | Tafadhali rudia tena. |
Just a moment please | Tafadhali subiri kidogo. |
SWAHILI NAMES OF ANIMALS |
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African wild dogs(s) | Mbwa mwitu |
Aardvark | Mahanga |
Baboon | Nyani |
Bat(s) | Popo |
Blue monkey(s) | Kima |
Buffalo(es) | Nyati / Mbogo |
Bushbuck | Pongo / Mbalawa |
Camel(s) | Ngamia |
Cat(s) | Paka |
Cheetah(s) | Duma |
Chimpanzee(s) | Sokwe |
Civet(s) | Fungo |
Colobus(Black and White) | Mbega mweusi na mweupe |
Colobus (red) | Mbega mwekundu |
Colobus (zanzibar red) | Kima punju |
Cow(s) | Ng'ombe |
Deer | Paa |
Dikidik | Digidigi |
Duiker | Funa |
Donkey(s) | Punda |
Dolphin(s) | Pomboo |
Eland | Pofu |
Elephant(s) | Tembo |
Fish | Samaki |
Gazelle | Swala |
Giraffe | Twiga |
Goat | Mbuzi |
Grant's Gazelle | Swala grant |
Guinea pigs | Sili |
Hartebeest | Kongoni |
Hippo | Kiboko |
Horse(s) | Farasi |
Hyne(s) | Fisi |
Hyrax | Pimbi |
Impala | Swala pala |
Jackal | Mbweha |
Klipspringer | Mbuzi mawe |
Kudu | Tandala |
Leopard | Chui |
Lion | Simba |
Moogose | Nguchiro |
oribi | Taya |
Pangolini | Kakakuona |
Pig(s) | Nguruwe |
Rabbit(s) | Sungura |
Reedbuck | Tohe |
Rhinoceros | Kifaru |
Roan | Korongo |
Sable | Pahala |
Sheep | Kondoo |
Suni | Paa |
Thompson's gazelle | Swala tomi |
Topi | Nyamera |
Vervet | Tumbili |
Warthogs | Ngiri |
Waterbuck | Kuro |
Wildbeest | Nyumbu |
Zebra | Pundamilia |