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SS Chapters 5-7

Simplified Swahili Chapters 5-7 vocab

TermDefinition
mganga/waganga witch doctor
mgeni/wageni visitor, guest, stranger, newcomer
mgonjwa/wagonjwa sick person, patient
mpishi/wapishi cook
mtoto/watoto child (either sex)
mtumishi/watumishi servant
mzee/wazee old person, elder (term of respect)
mzungu/wazungu white person (European)
mdudu/wadudu "insect" (creepy-crawly)
mnyama/wanyama an animal
mwana/wana son/daughter
mwanafunzi/wanafunzi pupil/student
mwalimu/walimu teacher
mwenyeji/wanyeji inhabitant, householder
mwizi/wezi thief
mwanamke/wanawake woman
mwanamume/wanaume man
mwindaji/wawindaji hunter
Mwafrika/Waafrika an African
Mwamerika/Waamerika an American (continent[?])
Mwarabu/Waarabu an Arab
Mwingereza/Waingereza a Brit/Englishman
Mwitalia/Waitalia an Italian
Mfaransa/Wafaransa a Frenchman
Mdachi/Wadachi a German
Mholanzi/Waholanzi a Dutchman
Mgriki/Wagriki a Greek
kuamka to wake up
kuanza to start, begin
kuchukua to carry, take
kufagia to sweep
kufuta to wipe
kuhitaji to need, require
kuingia to enter in, go in
kujifunza to learn
kukauka to dry, get dry (active)
kulala to sleep, lie down
kulima to cultivate, plough
kulipa to pay
kunusa to smell something, sniff
kuona to see, feel, think
kupanda to climb, sow
kupata to get, obtain
kusahau to forget
kusoma to read, study
kutumia to use
kutunza to tend, take care of
kuwinda to hunt
kabisa completely, extremely
sana very, a lot, very much
na and, with
leo today
sasa now
tena again
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