- mwalimu - teacher
- mwanafunzi - student
- mwanaume - man
- mwafrika - African (person)
Did you notice that all these words start with 'mw' ? Fact which makes it very easy to form the plural. Just drop the 'm'. Only exception: 'mwafrika' gets an extra 'a'
- walimu - teachers
- wanafunzi - students
- wanaume - men
- waafrika - Africans
- sisi - we
- wao - they
- Mimi ni mwanaume. - I am a man.
- Sisi ni wanaume. - We are men.
- Wao ni wanaume? - Are they men?
- Hapana, wao si wanaume. - No, they are not men.
- Wewe ni mwafrika? - Are you an African?
- Ndiyo, mimi ni mwafrika. - Yes, I am an African.
- Wewe ni mwanafunzi? - Are you a student?
- Hapana, mimi ni mwalimu. - No, I am a teacher.
- Sisi ni walimu. - We are teachers.
- Walimu ni waafrika. - The teachers are Africans.
- Wanaume ni walimu. - The men are teachers.
- Waafrika ni wanafunzi. - The Africans are students.
- Wanafunzi si walimu. - Students are not teachers.