KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: We proceed with our topic days of the week, dates, months
MONTHS
In kiswahili ,it is so simple to mention a month. You can decide to use the
numbers or English calendar. When using numbers you make reference
to ordinal numbers from first to twelve like kwanza,pili,Tatu,nne ,tano,sita,
Saba,nane,Tisa,kumi,kumi na Moja na kumi na mbili.
But you need a phrase which mention a month in kiswahili,you have “,mwezi wa kwanza”
as equivalent to January,The other style of telling months is by swahilising the English
months like Januari,februari,machi,Aprili,mei,Kuni,julai,Agosti,septemba,oktoba,novemba
desemba.
See the examples below
Kiswahili
English months
Mwezi wa kwanza/Januari
January
Mwezi wa pili/februari
February
Mwezi wa Tatu/machi
March
Mwezi wa Nne/Aprili
April
Mwezi wa tano/mei
May
Mwezi wa sita /Juni
June
Mwezi wa Saba/julai
July
Mwezi wa Nane/Agosti
Augost
Mwezi wa Tisa/septemba
September
Mwezi wa kumi/oktoba
October
Mwezi wa kumi na Moja/novemba
November
Mwezi wa kumi na mbili/disemba
December
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