Salamu / Greetings
What does “Hujambo?” mean?
Hello / How are you?
What is the Swahili pronoun for “I”?
Mimi
What does baba mean?
Father / Dad
What day of the week is Jumatatu?
Monday
What body part is kichwa?
Head
What is the correct response when an older person is greeted with “Shikamoo”?
Marahaba
Translate: “She is called Amina.”
Yeye anaitwa Amina.
What is the Swahili word for aunt?
Shangazi
How do you say 20 in Swahili?
Ishirini
Translate: “I like to swim.”
Ninapenda kuogelea.
Complete the dialogue: A: Hujambo? B: Sijambo. ________? A: Nzuri sana.
Habari gani?
Translate: “They are called Amina and Juma.”
Wao wanaitwa Amina na Juma.
Translate: “This is my uncle.”
Huyu ni mjomba wangu.
Translate: “I have two brothers and one sister.”
Nina kaka wawili na dada mmoja.
Change this sentence to the past tense: Ninasoma Kiswahili sasa.
Nilisoma Kiswahili.
You are greeting your grandmother. What greeting do you use, and how should she respond?
Shikamoo / Marahaba
Change “Sisi tunapenda kusoma.” into the negative.
Sisi hatupendi kusoma.
Translate: “These are my grandmother and grandfather.”
Hawa ni bibi na babu yangu.
Say this in Swahili: “I was born in 2006.”
Nilizaliwa mwaka wa elfu mbili na sita.
Translate: “Yesterday I studied, and tomorrow I will study.”
Jana nilisoma, na kesho nitasoma.
Fill in both blanks correctly: Ninyi ________jambo? Sisi ________jambo.
Hamjambo? / Hatujambo.
Translate: “You all are called Amina and Juma, and you all come from Kenya.”
Ninyi mnaitwa Amina na Juma, na mnatoka Kenya.
Translate: “My sister is called Amina, and her brother is called Juma.”
Dada yangu anaitwa Amina, na kaka yake anaitwa Juma.
Translate: “I am twenty years old, and I study Business at the University of Iowa.”
Nina miaka ishirini, na ninasoma biashara katika Chuo Kikuu cha Iowa.
Translate: “Today I am sick. My head, arms, legs, and back hurt.”
Leo mimi ni mgonjwa. Ninaumwa kichwa, mikono, miguu, na mgongo.