THE KI-SWAHILI LANGUAGE 



gari, magari, railroad, carnage. 



mrima, coast. 



barua, letter. 



meza, tabic. 



njaa, hunger. 



bandera, flag, banner. 



fimbo, cane, stick. 



inchi, country, land. 



mbu, mosquito. 



bakshish, present. 



mchele, rice. 

 barra, interior land. 

 nyani, monkey. 

 leso, handkerchief. 

 kiu, thirst. 

 asah, honey. 

 darubini, fieldglasses. 

 kuni, firewood. 

 pofu, eland. 

 serkaH, government. 



Exercises 



Translate into English: 



O. I. Nasadiki sitaki kukubali kazi wako leo. 2. Boy wangu 

 anakushinda sana, Juma. 3. Mbu mingi hapa, Bwana, watakusum- 

 bua, usipigi hema wako chini ya mti mkubwa. 4. Panda kiHma kule 

 na tafuta nyama. 5. Kama unawaona, njoo marra moja na niambia. 

 6. Gun bearer akakwenda, akatasama, akavvaona, akamwambia 

 Bwana wake. 7. Yeye akakwenda akawapiga kongoni wawili na 

 pofu moja, akakuwa rathi sana. 8. Sikusikia kama mpishi amek- 

 wisha kuchemka masiwa. Unajua wewe? 9. Baado, Bwana, lakini 

 nitakwenda kutasama ! 10. Ah, badoo kabisa, Bwana, labda tayari 

 halafu nussu saa, sijui. 11. AnatanguHa nani huko? 12. Unani- 

 taka kwenda kuuHza, Bwana? 13. Ah, hapana kitu, Ali, nenda 

 nikuleta askari moja na wapagazi sitta. 14. Kwa sababu nataka 

 wakupeleka katika Nairobi. 15. Barua wako wapi, watu wanataka 

 kwenda sasa? 16. Mna nyani katika inchi wa Kenia? Mna mingi 

 kabisa, Bwana. 17. Nina njaa na kiu sana leo, leta upesi chakula 

 kama ni tayari. 18. Kamata leso na bandera na peleka hemani. 19 

 El-moran, unataka asali ? Ah, sitaki, Bwana, sikuli asali. 20 

 Juu ya meza nini, boy? Fimbo wako na darubini, Bwana. 21 

 Hodi ! Karibu ! Salaam ! Salaam ! Haligani ? Ema sana ! 22 

 Starehe, starehe, mimi nataka kaa kitako ! 23. Msipigana njiani 

 na msipumziki, hatta mtafika bomani. 24. Wapagazi wameleta 

 kuni mingi sasa? Ndio, Bwana, wameleta mingi kabisa na tuta- 

 fanya moto mkubwa sasa hivi. 25. Ema sana, halafu wasema 

 watu msifanyi kelele, nataka kulala. Kwa heri, Bwana Mkubwa, 

 lala nzuri ! 



