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