| morning | asubuhi |
| Good morning | Asubuhi njema |
| pleasant /nice (N/N) | njema |
| pleasant / nice (M/Wa) | mwema |
| a good person (morally upright/kind) | mtu mwema |
| good people (morally upright / kind) | watu wema |
| May I come in? / Knock knock | Hodi hodi |
| May I come inside (the house) ? | Hodi nyumbani ? |
| Welcome | Karibu |
| news | habari |
| How is the morning ? / How are you doing ? / What's up? / (lit. the news (sg) of the morning) | Habari ya asubuhi ? |
| How is the morning ? / How are you doing ? / What's up? / (lit. the news (pl) of the morning) | Habari za asubuhi ? |
| Fine / I am fine./ Everything is fine. | Nzuri. |
| Peaceful / I am fine. / Everything is peaceful. | Salama. |
| How is home? ( How is the family? ) | Habari za nyumbani ? |
| work | kazi |
| How is work? | Habari za kazi? |
| trip / journey | safari |
| How is/was the trip? | Habari za safari ? |
| How is school? | Habari za shule? |
| Cool. / Calm. / I am fine. | Poa. |
| clean / pure / I am fine. | Safi. |
| to drink | kunywa |
| to eat | kula |
| I drink | ninakunywa |
| I drink coffee every morning. | Ninakunywa kahawa kila asubuhi. |
| you drink | unakunywa |
| Do you drink juice ? | Unakunywa juisi ? |
| he drinks | anakunywa |
| Dad drinks tea in the morning. | Baba anakunywa chai asubuhi. |
| we drink | tunakunywa |
| We drink a bottle of juice. | Tunakunywa chupa ya juisi. |
| You (pl) drink | mnakunywa |
| Do you (pl) drink iced tea? | Mnakunywa chai ya barafu ? |
| they drink | wanakunywa |
| They drink tea at home. | Wanakunywa chai nyumbani. |
| sugar | sukari |
| I don't drink | Sinywi |
| I don't drink coffee with sugar. | Sinywi kahawa na sukari. |
| you don't drink | Hunywi |
| You don't drink iced coffee. | Hunywi kahawa ya barafu. |
| he doesn't drink | hanywi |
| The fisherman doesn't drink juice. | Mvuvi hanywi juisi. |
| we don't drink | hatunywi |
| from / out of | kutoka kwa |
| We don't drink from bottles. | Hatunywi kutoka kwa chupa. |
| you ( pl) don't drink | hamnywi |
| You (pl) don't drink iced tea in the morning. | Hamnywi chai ya barafu asubuhi. |
| they don't drink | hawanywi |
| Children don't drink coffee. | Watoto hawanywi kahawa. |
| I eat | Ninakula |
| I eat meat. | Ninakula nyama. |
| meat | nyama |
| I don't eat | Sili |
| I don't eat sugar. | Sili sukari. |
| cow / ox | ng'ombe |
| beef | nyama ya ng'ombe |
| You eat | Unakula |
| You eat beef. | Unakula nyama ya ng'ombe. |
| a nice cow | ng'ombe mzuri |
| nice cows | ng'ombe wazuri |
| goat | mbuzi |
| goat meat | nyama ya mbuzi |
| you don't eat | huli |
| You don't eat goat meat. | Huli nyama ya mbuzi. |
| he eats | anakula |
| salt | chumvi |
| sugar and salt | sukari na chumvi |
| The goat eats salt. | Mbuzi anakula chumvi. |
| he doesn't eat | hali |
| The goat doesn't eat meat. | Mbuzi hali nyama. |
| we eat | tunakula |
| chicken | kuku |
| chicken (meat) | nyama ya kuku |
| We eat chicken (meat). | Tunakula nyama ya kuku. |
| pig | nguruwe |
| porc | nyama ya nguruwe |
| we don't eat | hatuli |
| We don't eat porc. | Hatuli nyama ya nguruwe. |
| You (pl) eat | mnakula |
| banana | ndizi |
| Do you (pl) eat bananas? | Mnakula ndizi ? |
| vegetables | mboga |
| You (pl) don't eat | hamli |
| You (pl) don't eat vegetables. | Hamli mboga. |
| They eat | wanakula |
| coconut | nazi |
| The children eat coconuts. | Watoto wanakula nazi. |
| they don't eat | hawali |
| The people eat sugar, but they don't eat vegetables. | Watu wanakula sukari, lakini hawali mboga. |
| pepper | pilipili |
| I don't eat pepper. | Sili pilipili. |
| bell pepper / Paprika | pilipili hoho |
| butter | siagi |
| cow butter | Siagi ya ng’ombe |
| Coconuts are not vegetables. | Nazi si mboga. |
| beef with bell pepper | nyama ya ng'ombe na pilipili hoho. |
| We eat butter every morning. | Tunakula siagi kila asubuhi. |
