SWAHILI FOR INTERMIDIATE: VOCABULARY

Nyumbani,.                            at home

Shuleni.                                  at school

Chakula bora.                        Good, nourishing food

Yai,mayai.                            egg, eggs

Maziwa,.                                Milk

mboga,.                                  Vegetable

mchele,wali.                           rice, cooking rice

Matunda.                                 Fruits(sing,tunda,fruit)

-bichi.                                        Unripe, uncooked

bivu ,.                                         ripe

kuiva,.                                        to be ripe, to be cooked.

safi,.                                           Clean

Usafi,.                                         Cleanliness

chafu,.                                        dirty

kukataza,.                                  to forbid

Karibu na.                                   near by

mbali na,.                                     far away from

ugonjwa,magonjwa,.                Sickness, diseases

Japo,.                                         although (also ijapokuwa,

ingawa,ingawaje)

Soko.                                          market

Kutembea                                 walking

Kukimbia                                  running.