Let's have some more 'm' words:
- muhandisi - engineer
- mpishi - cook / chief
- muuguzi - nurse
- mtu - person
- mgeni - guest
- mkulima - farmer
- mvuvi - fisherman
- msafiri - traveler
- mtoto - child
- mzazi - parent
- msichana - girl
Now, none of these words had a 'w'. When we build the plural we drop the 'm' as we have done before, but now we add 'wa' to the beginning of the words.
m-handisi | wa-handisi | engineers |
m-pishi | wa-pishi | cooks/chiefs |
m-uuguzi | wa-uguzi* | nurses |
m-tu | wa-tu | people |
m-geni | wa-geni | guests |
m-kulima | wa-kulima | farmers |
m-vuvi | wa-vuvi | fishermen |
m-safiri | wa-safiri | travelers |
m-toto | wa-toto | children |
m-zazi | wa-zazi | parents |
m-sichana | wa-sichana | girls |
*Careful with muuguzi. One of the 'u's drops as well, but then who would want to pronounce 'wa-u-u-guzi' Sounds to much like 'ouch' for some nurses :D
One last vocabulary before we start:
- na - and