INTRODUCTIONS

Introductions are extensions of greetings. Below, I've outlined ways of introducing yourself (kujitambulisha) but these can also be conjugated such that they are used to introduce others (kutambulisha wengine).

BASICS

​Mimi ni mwanafunzi wa kiswahili katika chuo kikuu cha Harvard. I am a swahili student at Harvard Univeristy.

Mimi nina miaka ____. I am ____ years old.

Mimi ninatoka...  I am from...







​Mimi ninakaa... I live...

​Mimi ninasoma ____. I study ____.​

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FAMILY

Nina... I have...

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Mama/baba yangu ni... My mother/father is a...

Wazazi wangu wanakaa... My parents live...

dada mmoja/wawili/watutu... sister(s)

kaka brother(s)



 

nchi ya... the country of...

jimbo la... the state of...

mji wa... the city of... 

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