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Swahili Basic Vocabulary

[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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