Intro to Swahili
Tafsiri: Sawa
Thank someone for giving you a gift.
Asante (sana)
Tafsiri: Habari za mchana
Good afternoon/What is the news of the afternoon?
Tafsiri: Ninatoka jimbo la Massachusetts.
I come from the state of Massachusetts.
Sema matunda moja na mboga moja unapenda
Ninapenda....
Matunda: maapulo, ndizi, maembe, papai...
Mboga: sukuma wiki, nyanya, kitunguu, pilipili hoho, viazi, mboga...
Which language family is Swahili a part of?
Bantu
What's Up? (Sema swali na jibu kwa Kiswahili)
Mambo Vipi? Poa.
au
Sasa? Fit.
Tell a group of people goodbye
Kwaherini
Tafsiri: Ninyi wanafunzi katika chuo kikuu cha Clark munakaa katika mji wa Worcester.
You students at Clark University live in the city of Worcester.
Sema matunda moja na mboga moja hampendi
Hatupendi...
Matunda: maapulo, ndizi, maembe, papai...
Mboga: sukuma wiki, nyanya, kitunguu, pilipili hoho, viazi, mboga...
Sema nchi nne huzugumza lugha ya Kiswahili.
Hints: (The prefix 'hu' is a habitual tense marker, and -zugumza is from the same root as 'mazugumzo')
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda & DRC
What is an element in indigenous Swahili architecture?
Ornate external doors
Tell the class the names of the people in your group (Our names are...)
Jina letu ni...
Formally greet someone with title, share which state you are from but which country you would like to go to.
Shikamoo Mzee. Ninatoka jimbo la Ohio lakini ninataka kwenda nchi ya Tanzania.
Ninyi ni wazaliwa wa wapi?
Sisi ni wazaliwa wa...
Ndio au apana: Swahili originated from the trading interactions between African and Arab people.
Apana
Name two Swahili towns or islands
Lamu, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Pemba Island
Tell a group of people at a formal event that you are pleased to have met them.
Nimefurahi kukutana nanyi.
Share where your friend used to live, where they live now, and where they will live.
Yeye alikaa Uganda, sasa anakaa Egypt, na atakaa Kenya.
How would you say it's 9am in Swahili?
Ni saa tatu asubuhi.