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- habari, gani, nzuri, hujambo?
- hawajambo
- karibu
- shikamo
- shijambo
- salama
- sana
- sasa
- hapa
- huyu
- asubuhi
- nyumbani
- wote
- kidogo
- kukuona
- kwaheri
- lake
- lako
- langu
- yangu
- mimi
- mwanafunzi
- na
- Nimefurahi
- nyumba
- nyumbani
- pia
- rafiki
- jina
- tu
- wewe
- za [I -- mimi] [you -- wewe] [he -- yeye] [we -- sisi] [you -- nyinyi] [they -- wao] [this -- huyu (person), hii, hiki, hili, huu] [that -- lile, ule, yule, ile, kile] [here -- hapa] [there -- pale] [who -- nani ] [what -- nini ] [where -- wapi ] [when -- lini ] [how -- vipi ] [not -- si] [all -- -ote] [many -- sana *(very)* / -ingi *(numerous)*] [some -- baadhi ya / chache] [few -- kidogo] [other -- -ingine] [one -- moja] [two -- mbili] [three -- tatu] [four -- nne] [five -- tano] [big -- -kubwa] [long -- -refu] [wide -- -pana] [thick -- -nene] [heavy -- -zito] [small -- -dogo] [short -- -fupi] [narrow -- -embamba] [thin -- -anana] [woman -- bibi, gashi] [man (adult male) -- mwanamume] [man (human being) -- mtu] [child -- mtoto] [wife -- mke] [husband -- mume] [mother -- mama] [father -- baba] [animal -- mnyama] [fish -- samaki] [bird -- ndege] [dog -- mbwa] [louse -- chawa] [snake -- nyoka] [worm -- funza, uchango] [tree -- mti] [forest -- msitu] [stick -- fimbo] [fruit -- tunda] [seed -- mbegu] [leaf -- jani] [root -- mzizi] [bark (of a tree) -- gamba] [flower -- ua] [grass -- nyasi] [rope -- kamba] [skin -- ngozi] [meat -- nyama] [blood -- damu] [bone -- mfupa] [fat (noun) -- mori] [egg -- yai] [horn -- pembe] [tail -- mkia] [feather -- unyoya] [hair -- nywele] [head -- kichwa] [ear -- sikio] [eye -- jicho] [nose -- pua] [mouth -- kinywa] [tooth -- jino] [tongue -- ulimi] [fingernail -- ukucha] [foot -- mguu] [leg -- mguu] [knee -- goti] [hand -- mkono] [wing -- bawa, ubawa] [belly -- tumbo] [guts -- utumbo] [neck -- shingo] [back -- mgongo] [breast -- kifua] [heart -- moyo] [liver -- ini] [to drink -- -nywa] [to eat -- -la] [to bite -- -donoa] [to suck -- -amwa] [to spit -- -tema] [to vomit -- -tapika] [to blow -- -puliza] [to breathe -- -pumua] [to laugh -- -cheka] [to see -- -ona] [to hear -- -sikia] [to know -- -fahamu, -jua] [to think -- -fikiri, dhani, -waza] [to smell -- -nukilia] [to fear -- -ogopa] [to sleep -- -lala] [to live -- -ishi (in a place)] [to die -- -fa] [to kill -- -ua] [to fight -- -pigana] [to hunt -- -winda] [to hit -- -gonga, -piga] [to cut -- -kata] [to split -- -pasua] [to stab -- -choma] [to scratch -- -kuna, -parua] [to dig -- -chimba] [to swim -- -ogelea] [to fly -- -paa] [to walk -- -tembea] [to come -- -ja] [to lie (as in a bed) -- -gona *(action)*] [to sit -- -kaa] [to stand -- -simama *(action)*] [to turn (intransitive) -- -pindua] [to fall -- -anguka] [to give -- -pa] [to hold -- -shika] [to squeeze -- -kaba, -minya, -kamua] [to rub -- -sugua] [to wash -- -safisha] [to wipe -- -futa] [to pull -- -vuta] [to push -- -guta] [to throw -- -tupa] [to tie -- -funga] [to sew -- -shona] [to count -- -hesabu] [to say -- -sema] [to sing -- -imba] [to play -- -cheza] [to float -- -elea] [to flow -- -tiririka] [to freeze -- -ganda] [to swell -- -fura] [sun -- jua] [moon -- mwezi] [star -- nyota] [water -- maji] [rain -- mvua] [river -- mto] [lake -- ziwa] [sea -- bahari] [salt -- chumvi] [stone -- jiwe] [sand -- mchanga] [dust -- vumbi] [earth -- ardhi] [cloud -- wingu] [fog -- ukungu] [sky -- mbingu] [wind -- homu] [snow -- theluji] [ice -- barafu] [smoke -- moshi] [fire -- moto] [ash -- majivu] [to burn -- -waka] [road -- njia, barabara] [mountain -- mlima] [red -- -ekundu] [green -- kijani] [yellow -- manjano] [white -- -eupe] [black -- -eusi] [night -- usiku] [day -- siku] [year -- mwaka] [warm -- moto] [cold -- baridi] [full -- -nene] [new -- -pya] [old -- -zee] [good -- -ema] [bad -- -baya] [rotten -- -bovu] [dirty -- -chafu] [straight -- nyofu] [round -- duara] [sharp (as a knife) -- chungu] [dull (as a knife) -- butu] [smooth -- -ororo] [wet -- kimaji] [dry -- -kavu] [correct -- sahihi] [near -- karibu] [far -- mbali] [right -- kuume, kulia]
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