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Swahili for Beginners

Swahili - Lesson 1


 Swahili is a language from the Bantu family (as are Zulu, Xhosa, Bemba, Shona and many others, altogether between 440 and 680 languages, depending on the definition of "language versus dialect") 

 Swahili is mainly spoken in Kenya and Tanzania, partly in Mozambique. However, it is taught in many African countries and thus can be found in Botswana, Namibia, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Uganda and other countries...

	Swahili contains many borrowed words, most of them from Arabic, but some also from German, Portuguese and English. The words originating from Arabic alone make up 40% of the Swahili vocabulary.


	Let's get started:

<ul>
 <li>
 Hujambo - Hello / How are you? (Literally Hujambo means: You have no problems? To which you answer:)
 </li>
 <li> Sijambo - Hello / I am fine (Lit. I have no problems.)</li>
<li> Mimi - I</li>
<li> Wewe - You</li>
<li> ni - am / is / are</li>
<li> Mimi - I</li>
<li> Mimi ni Emilian. - I am Emilian.</li>
<li> Nani - who</li>
<li> Wewe ni nani? - Who are you?</li>
<li> Wewe ni Asha? - Are you Asha?</li>
<li> Ndiyo - Yes</li>
<li> Ndiyo, mimi ni Asha. - Yes, I am Asha.</li>
<li> Si- am not / are not / is not</li>
<li> Hapana - No</li>
<li> Hapana, mimi si Asha. - No, I am not Asha.</li>
<li> Kwa heri. - Bye.</li>
</ul>

Introduction

M/Wa - Noun class - First Part (Professions / People / Words starting with m)

M/Wa - Noun class - Second Part (Professions / People / Words starting with m)

M/Wa - Noun class - Third Part - Adjectives

M/Wa - Noun class - Fourth Part - Animals (false N/N class)

M/Wa - Noun class - Fifth Part - of (possessive)

M/Wa - Noun class - Sixth Part - Possessive Determiners

M/Wa - Noun class - Seventh Part - People (false N/N class)

N/N class - Part one - Possessive Determiners

M/Wa - Noun class - Eighth Part - this and that

kuwa na - to have

to not have

First verbs - kupenda / kuogopa

N/N Noun class - Second Part

N/N- Noun class - Third Part - Adjectives

N/N - Noun class - Fourth Part - Food and Drinks

N/N - Noun class - Fifth Part - this and that

Under the Sea

More Verbs / if clause and future tense

Ki/Vi - Noun class - First Part

Ki/Vi - Noun class - Second Part

Kuwako - to be at a place / Locatives 1-ko

Locatives 2 - po

Locatives 3 - mo

Question	Answer
Hallo	Hujambo
I	mimi
you	wewe
am / is / are	ni
I am Emilian.	Mimi ni Emilian.
who	nani
Who are you?	Wewe ni nani?
Are you Asha?	Wewe ni Asha?
yes	ndiyo
Yes, I am Asha.	Ndiyo, mimi ni Asha.
no	hapana
am not / are not / is not	si
No, I am not Asha.	Hapana, mimi si Asha.
Bye.	Kwa heri.