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Swahili for Beginners

We had coffee and tea and couldn't even drink them.


	Let's remedy!


	Oh and before that let's welcome you all.

<table class="ui celled table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>asubuhi</td>
 <td>morning</td>
 </tr>
 
 </tbody>
</table>

	is an N/N class word, too.

<table class="ui celled table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>Asubuhi njema !</td>
 <td>Good morning !</td>
 </tr>
 
 </tbody>
</table>

<ul>
 <li>- ema is very similar to </li>
 <li>-zuri</li>
</ul>

 Both mean 'good'.

<table class="ui celled table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>-zuri </td>
 <td>- good / pretty / beautiful
 - nice
 - often used to describe things/ conditions / situations
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>-ema </td>
 <td>- good / healthy (food)
 - nice / pleasant
 - describes people or their qualities
 - moral goodness
 - mtu mwema - a good person
 - asubuhi njema - Good morning
 - usiku mwema - Good night
 
 </td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

 As a conclusion '-ema' is used in greetings meaning pleasant

 - a pleasant morning / a pleasant night

<ul>
 <li>Hodi hodi - May I come in ? / Knock, knock !</li>
 <li>Hodi nyumbani ? - May I come inside (the house) ? </li>
 <li>Karibu ! - Welcome !</li>
</ul>

 habari - news
 Another N/N word and a very versatile one.

<ul>
 <li>
 Habari ya asubuhi ? - 'news (sg) of the morning = How is your morning ? / How are you doing? / What's up ?
 </li>
 <li>
 Habari za asubuhi - 'news (pl) of the morning = How is your morning ? / How are you doing? / What's up ?
 </li>
 <li>
 Habari za nyumbani? - How is home/ family ?
 </li>
 <li>
 kazi - work
 </li>
 <li>
 Habari za kazi?- -How is work?
 </li>
 <li>
 safari - trip / journey
 </li>
 <li>
 Habari za safari? - How is/was your trip?
 </li>
 <li>
 Habari za shule ? - How is school ?
 </li>
 <li>
 Habari za baba? - How is Dad?
 </li>
</ul>

 I guess you got the idea...


 Let's look at some answers:

<ul>
 <li>
 Nzuri. - Fine./ I'm fine / We are fine./ Everything is fine...
 </li>
 <li>
 Salama. - Peaceful. / I'm fine / Everything is peacefull....
 </li>
 <li>
 Poa. - Cool/ calm / I am fine...
 </li>
 <li>
 Safi. - Clean / pure / I am fine....
 </li>
 </ul>
 And now let's have some coffee.

 <img src="https://elonstorage.blob.core.windows.net/file/2006702.png" alt="cup of coffee" />

<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td> kunywa</td>
 <td> to drink</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td> kula</td>
 <td> to eat</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

 These two verbs behahve a little different from 'kupenda' and 'kuogopa'. 
 'Kupenda' dropped its infinive marker 'ku-' in order to add person and time marker instead. e.g. ninapenda. Our new verbs keep the 'ku-' for the positive present tense; they drop it for the negative present tense. ( ninaKUla - Sili)

<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th>Kula - to eat</th>
 <th>positive</th>
 <th></th>
 <th>negative</th>
 <th></th>
 </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>First person sg</td>
 <td>Ni-na-ku-la</td>
 <td>I eat</td>
 <td>Si-li</td>
 <td>I don't eat</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Second person sg</td>
 <td>U-na-ku-la</td>
 <td>You eat</td>
 <td>Hu-li</td>
 <td>You don't eat</td> 
 </tr> 
 <tr>
 <td>Third person sg</td>
 <td>A-na-ku-la</td>
 <td>He eats</td>
 <td>Ha-li</td>
 <td>He doesn't eat</td> 
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>First person pl</td>
 <td>Tu-na-ku-la</td>
 <td>We eat</td>
 <td>Ha-tu-li</td>
 <td>We don't eat</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Second person pl</td>
 <td>M-na-ku-la</td>
 <td>You eat</td>
 <td>Ha-m-li</td>
 <td>You don't eat</td> 
 </tr> 
 <tr>
 <td>Third person pl</td>
 <td>Wa-na-ku-la</td>
 <td>They eat</td>
 <td>Ha-wa-li</td>
 <td>They don't eat</td> 
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>


<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th>Kunywa - to drink</th>
 <th>positive</th>
 <th></th>
 <th>negative</th>
 <th></th>
 </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>First person sg</td>
 <td>Ni-na-ku-nywa</td>
 <td>I drink</td>
 <td>Si-nywi</td>
 <td>I don't drink</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Second person sg</td>
 <td>U-na-ku-nywa</td>
 <td>You drink</td>
 <td>Hu-nywi</td>
 <td>You don't drink</td> 
 </tr> 
 <tr>
 <td>Third person sg</td>
 <td>A-na-ku-nywa</td>
 <td>He drinks</td>
 <td>Ha-nywi</td>
 <td>He doesn't drink</td> 
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>First person pl</td>
 <td>Tu-na-ku-nywa</td>
 <td>We drink</td>
 <td>Ha-tu-nywi</td>
 <td>We don't drink</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Second person pl</td>
 <td>M-na-ku-nywa</td>
 <td>You drink</td>
 <td>Ha-m-nywi</td>
 <td>You don't drink</td> 
 </tr> 
 <tr>
 <td>Third person pl</td>
 <td>Wa-na-ku-nywa</td>
 <td>They drink</td>
 <td>Ha-wa-nywi </td>
 <td>They don't drink</td> 
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
 Before we drink our coffee auick some food. Of course alll pure N/N food. ;)
<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>ng'ombe</td>
 <td>cow / ox</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>nyama ya ng'ombe</td>
 <td>beef</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>nguruwe</td>
 <td>pig</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>nyama ya nguruwe</td>
 <td>porc</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>kuku</td>
 <td>chicken</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>nyama ya kuku</td>
 <td>chicken (meat)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>mbuzi</td>
 <td>goat</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>nyama ya mbuzi</td>
 <td>goat meat</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

 Ninakunywa kahawa kila asubuhi. - I drink coffee every morning.



 Sili sukari. - I don't eat sugar.

 
 Before we start eating meat let's give some choice:

<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>chumvi</td>
 <td>salt</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>mboga</td>
 <td>vegetables</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>ndizi</td>
 <td>banana</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>nazi</td>
 <td>coconut</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>nyama</td>
 <td>meat</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>pilipili</td>
 <td>pepper</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>pilipili hoho</td>
 <td>paprika / bell pepper</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>siagi</td>
 <td>butter / margarine</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>sukari</td>
 <td>sugar</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

Question	Answer
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