HvardSwa
M/WA
mtu/watu: person/people
mtoto/watoto: child/children
mvulana/wavulana: boy(s)
msichana/wasichana: girl(s)
mwalimu/walimu: teacher(s)
mwanafunzi/wanafunzi: student(s)
mwanamke/wanamke: woman/women
mwanaume/wanaume: man/men
mganga/waganga: doctor(s)
mkulima/wakulima: farmer(s)
mvuvi/wavuvi: fisherman/fishermen
mpishi/wapishi: cook(s)
mke/wake: wife/wives
mume/waume: husband(s)
mgeni/wageni: vistor(s), foreigner(s)
mzee/wazee: elder(s)
M/MI
mti/miti: tree(s)
mfano/mifano: examples(s)
mji/miji: city/cities
mto/mito: river(s)
mkono/mikono: hand(s)
mpira/mipira: ball(s)
mtihani/mitihani: exam(s)
mwaka/miaka: year(s)
mwezi/miezi: month(s)
mwili/miili: body/bodies
mwishi/miisho: ending(s)
JI/MA
jina/majina: name(s)
jicho/macho: eye(s)
gari/magari: car(s)
gazeti/magazeti: newspaper(s)
tunda/matunda: fruit(s)
yai/mayai: egg(s)
duka/maduka: shop(s)
shamba/mashamba: farm(s)
soko/masoko: market(s)
neno/maneno: word(s)
somo/masomo: lesson(s)
zoezi/mazoezi: exercise(s)
zungumzo/mazungumzo: conversation(s)
maji: water
KI/VI
kiti/viti: chair(s)
kitu/vitu: thing(s)
kitabu/vitabu: book(s)
kitanda/vitanda: bed(s)
chakula/vyakula: food(s)
choo/vyoo
chumba/vyumba: room(s)
chuo/vyuo: college(s)
kijiji/vijiji: village(s)
kijana/vijana: youth(s)
kiongozi/viongozi: leader(s)
kichwa/vichwa: head(s)
N/N
baba: father(s)
babu: grandfather(s)
dada: sister(s)
kaka: brother(s)
barua: letter(s)
dawa: medicine(s)
kalamu: pen(s)
bahati: luck(s)
furaha: joy(s)
kuku: chicken(s)
mbu: mosquito(s)
mbuzi: goat(s)
mbwa: dog(s)
paka: cat(s)
ndege: bird(s); airplane(s)
chai: tea(s)
chumvi: salt(s)
kahawa: coffee(s)
mboga: vegetables
VERBS
Kuanguka: to fall
Kukaa: to stay, to reside, to sit
Kusimama: to stop, to stand
Kuruka: to jump
Kutoka: to be from
Kusoma: to read, to study
Kuishi: to live
Kupenda: to love
Kucheza: to play, to dance
Kucheka: to laugh
Kupika: to cook
Kula: to eat
Kunywa: to drink
Kuja: to come
Kupa: to give
Kuwa: to be
Kulala: to sleep
Kuamka: to wake up
Kuoga: to bathe
Kuvaa: to dress, to put on (clothes)
Kuenda: to go
Kuongea: to talk
Kusema: to say
Kuzungumza: to chat, to converse
Kuambia: to tell
Kusikiliza: to listen
Kusikia: to hear
Kuita: to call
Kuitwa: to be called
Kuona: to see
Kuangalia: to watch
Kurudi: to return
Kurudia: to repeat
Kurudisha: to return to
Kutaka: to want
Kujua: to know
Kufunga: to close
Kufungua: to open
Kuuliza: to ask
Kujibu: to answer
Kujaribu: to try
Kufikiri: to think (as an active process)
Kudhani: to think (as a held belief)
Kufahamu: to recognize, to be acquainted with
Kukumbuka: to remember
Kufundisha: to teach
Kujifunza: to learn
Kuandika: to write
Kutafsiri: to translate
Kuelewa: to understand
Kulewa: to be drunk
Kufanya: to do
Kuweza: to be able
Kuondoka: to leave
Kukimbia: to run
Kutembea: to walk
Kutembelea: to visit
Kuogelea: to swim
Kufika: to arrive
Kuleta: to bring
Kuchukua: to take
Kuchelewa: to be late
Kuumwa: to hurt, to be ill
Kutumia: to use
Kuuza: to sell
Kununua: to buy
Kuhitaji: to need
Kusafisha: to clean
Kuvua: to fish, to undress
Kujenga: to build
Kuendesha: to drive
Kupiga mswaki: to brush your teeth
Kunawa uso: to wash your face
Kutafuta: to look for
Kuimba: to sing
Kulia: to cry
Kufanya kazi: to do work
Kuondoa: to remove, to take away
Kushiba: to be full, to be satisfied
Kutaja: to announce, to call by name, to list
Kubadilisha: to exchange, to swap
Kupata: to get, to find, to obtain
Kupotea: to get lost, to be lost
Kupoteza: to lose
Kutengeneza: to repair, to fix
Kupumzika: to rest
Kutazama: to watch, to look at
Kupiga: to hit, to beat, to strike
Kulima: to farm, to cultivate
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