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swahili meeting
5/20/2025
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chakula cha asubuhi | breakfast |
| kazi nzuri | good job |
| nilitaka kusema ambacho nilipika kwa chakula cha asubuhi | i want to say what i cooked for breakfast |
| ambaye | who (singular) |
| ambao | who (plural) |
| wakati | when |
| kuja | to come |
| wakati alikuja | when he came |
| alipokuja | when he came |
| -po- | is the prefix for 'when' (always comes after the tense marker) |
| objective infixes for m/mw class for living things (except plants), e.g. nilimkarabisha | m - if the verb starts with a consonant; mw - if the verb starts with a vowel |
| alipokuja | when he came |
| nilimkaribisha | i welcomed him |
| atakapokuja | when he comes |
| nitamkaribisha | i will welcome him |
| anapokuja | when he's coming |
| ninamkaribisha | i'm welcoming him |
| uwasilishaji | presentation |
| kuhusu | about |
| -husu (verb) | to be about |