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Market Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Soko | Market |
| Taka | want |
| hitaji | need |
| nunua | buy |
| omba | request, ask for |
| lipa | pay |
| chukua | take |
| uza | sell |
| shilingi ngapi? | What is the price? |
| bei gani? | how much? |
| unauzaje? | How do you sell it? |
| Punguza bei | lower the price |
| tafadhali | please |
| bei ghali | the price is expensive |
| pa | give |
| saidia | help, assist |
| enda | to go |
| nipe | give it to me |
| tupe | give it to us |
| ninakupa | I give it to you |
| wapi | where |
| gani | what sort, which kind, which? |
| nani | what, who, whom? |
| Nini | what? |
| ngapi | how many, how much? |
| lini | when? |
| kwa nini | why, for what? |
| vipi | how? |
| mbona | how come? |
| namna gani? | how, how is it? |
| nikusaidia nini? | What can I help you with? |
| unataka nini? | what do you want? |
| unahitaji nini? | what do you need? |
| una bei gani? | what is your price |
| sabuni | soap |
| kusi | knife |
| ndoo | bucket |
| dawa ya meno | tooth paste |
| mafuta ya kupikia | cooking oil |
| tafuta | to search |
| pata | to get, find |
| kitu | item |
| vitu | items |
| fika | to arrive |
| robo | quarter |
| nusu | half |
| fungu | bunch |
| nyanya | tomato |
| daga | small fish |
| majani | leaves |
| mboga | vegetables |
| luka | shop |
| muuzaji | vendor |
| mtu | person |
| mtoto | child |
| mume | husband |
| mteja | customer |
| familia | family |
| siku | day |
| nyama | meat/beef |
| karanga | peanut |
| afya | health |
| ndizi | banana |
| bamia | okra |
| karoti | carrot |
| chenji | change |
| bei | price |
| nazi | coconut |
| pesa/fedha/hela | money |
| shilingi | shillings |
| jumla | total, sum |
| aina | type |
| boga | pumpkin |
| fungu | pile, heap |
| harage | bean |
| embe | mango |
| parachichi | avocado |
| chungwa | orange |
| papai | papaya |
| madini | minerals |
| nanasi | pineapple |
| tikiti (maji) | watermelon |
| maisha | life, lives |
| kiazi | potato |
| kitunguu | onion |
| chakula | food |
| wanga | carbohydrates |
| mhogo | cassava |
| mchicha | spinach |
| kasi gani | what amount (for measures) |
| kipima | measure |