THE KI-SWAHILI LANGUAGE 



hema, tent. 



kahava, coffee. 



boy, servant, butler. 



chai, tea. 



chumvi, salt. 



majani, grass. 



kisu, knife. 



maji, zvater. 



masiwa, milk. 



mkate, bread. 



safari, travel, caravan, trip. 



tembo, elephant. 



sukari, sugar. 



mtoto, child, baby. 



nyama, animal, meat. 



simba, lion. 



nyumba, house, home. 



mtu, man. 



sahani, plate. 



ona, see, find. 



penda, love. 



taka, want, like. 



piga, shoot, beat. 



piga hema, pitch the tent. 



wapi, where. 



tayari, ready. 



sasa hivi, instantly, just now. 



ema (:=yema), good, all right. 



hapa, here. 



sasa, now. 



katika, in, on, by, at. 



Sana, very, very much. 



hapana, no, not. 



kali, sharp, cruel, dangerous. 



ndio, yes. 



karibu, near. 



na, and, zvith. 



-kubwa, large, great. 



Exercises 

 Translate into English: 



A.^ I. Mtu mkubwa a-me-piga simba. 2. Bibi a-na-penda mtoto. 

 3. Boy, kisu wapi? 4. Katika nyumba, Bvvana. 5. Leta kisu na 

 bunduki hapa! 6. Ndio, Bwana. 7. Ni-me-ona tembo mkubwa 

 katika majani. 8. Safari wapi? 9. Hapa karibu, Bwana! 10. 

 Leta chakula, boy; kisu, sahani na bilauri ! 11. Simba nyama kali. 

 12. Piga hema hapa! 13. Ni-na-taka chai, sukari na masiwa, siagi, 

 mkate na chumvi! 14. Boy, leta maji hapa! 15. Ndio, Bwana, 

 sasa hivi. 16. Bunduki si katika nyumba, ni hapa katika hema. 



17, Bwana na bibi ni hapa katika majani na wa-na-taka chakula. 



18. Chakula tayari, boy? 19. Ndio, sasa tayari! 20. Bwana kali 

 a-na-piga sana boy. 21. Leta bunduki, ni-na-ona simba hapa 

 karibu ! 22. Tembo a-na-taka maji. 23. Ni-me-ona mtu mkubwa 

 katika hema hapa na a-me-piga nyama kwa bunduki. 24. Wapi 

 sukari, mkate, chai na masiwa? 25. Chakula hapa, Bwana! 



' The letters in front of the exercises refer to the keys for the same at the end of 

 the chapter. 



