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Swahili for Beginners

Kuwako - to be at a place

<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <tbody>
 <tr> 
 <td>Ni - ko</td>
 <td>I am at a place</td>
 
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>U - ko</td>
 <td>You are at a place</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Yu - ko</td>
 <td> He/she/ it is at a place</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Tu - ko</td>
 <td>We are at a place</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>M - ko</td>
 <td>You (pl) are at a place</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Wa - ko</td>
 <td>They are at a place</td>
 </tr>
 
 </tbody>
</table>


	Did you notice anything familiar ?


	The infinitive of our new verb is composed of two parts: 


	Kuwa (to be) and 'ko' (a non-specific place)


	We know the verbKuwa (to be) already. The conjugation is exactly as we have learned, except for the 3rd person sg. We have learned 'A-na', so it should be 'A-ko', however it is 'Yu-ko'. We have to remember this.


Wapi - where


Hapa - here


Uko wapi? - Where are you?


Mimi niko hapa. - I am here.


Niko jikoni. - I am in a kitchen.


Yuko kisiwani. - He is on an island.


Tuko juu ya kilima. - We are on a hill.


Wako nyumbani. - They are in a house. / They are home.


Uko nyumbani? - Are you in a house? / Are you home?


Mko baharini? - Are you somewhere at the sea?


Kiboko yuko majini. - The hippopotamus is in the water.


Paka yuko juu ya kitanda. - The cat is on a bed.


nje - outside


Mbwa wako nje. - The dogs are outside.


 Actually here we have an ambiguity. This sentence could also translate as: Your dog is outside. So let's add an adjective to be clear.


Mbwa wakali wako nje. - The sharp dogs are outside. They could be still yours... but at least we got them plural.

 If we want to talk about the location of N/N class nouns we need to change:

<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>yuko → </td>
 <td>iko</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>wako → </td>
 <td>ziko</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

 Sahani ziko kwenye masa. - The plates are on a table.

Kuwaka - to be at a place

Introduction

M/Wa - Noun class - First Part (Professions / People / Words starting with m)

M/Wa - Noun class - Second Part (Professions / People / Words starting with m)

M/Wa - Noun class - Third Part - Adjectives

M/Wa - Noun class - Fourth Part - Animals (false N/N class)

M/Wa - Noun class - Fifth Part - of (possessive)

M/Wa - Noun class - Sixth Part - Possessive Determiners

M/Wa - Noun class - Seventh Part - People (false N/N class)

N/N class - Part one - Possessive Determiners

M/Wa - Noun class - Eighth Part - this and that

kuwa na - to have

to not have

First verbs - kupenda / kuogopa

N/N Noun class - Second Part

N/N- Noun class - Third Part - Adjectives

N/N - Noun class - Fourth Part - Food and Drinks

N/N - Noun class - Fifth Part - this and that

Under the Sea

More Verbs / if clause and future tense

Ki/Vi - Noun class - First Part

Ki/Vi - Noun class - Second Part