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 ice 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. |