1
Q
-jua
A
to know
2
Q
hapa
A
today, here
3
Q
-ji-
A
reflexive marker on verbs
4
Q
-hesbabu
A
to count
5
Q
mpaka
A
until
6
Q
-anza
A
to begin
7
Q
-jitahidi
A
to do well
8
Q
-uliza
A
to ask
9
Q
moja
A
one (cardinal)
10
Q
mbili
A
two (cardinal)
11
Q
tatu
A
three, third
12
Q
nne
A
four, fourth
13
Q
tano
A
five, fifth
14
Q
sita
A
six, sixth
15
Q
saba
A
seven, seventh
16
Q
nane
A
eight, eigth
17
Q
tisa
A
nine, ninth
18
Q
kumi
A
ten, tenth
19
Q
gari
A
car
20
Q
-endesha
A
to drive
21
Q
kalamu
A
pen, pencil
22
Q
tayari
A
already, we are ready
23
Q
pesa ngapi?
A
how much is it?
24
Q
bei gani?
A
how much is it? (lit. what is the price of it?)
25
ngapi?
how much?
26
pesa
money
27
shilingi
shilling (currency used in parts of East Africa)
28
-punguza
to bring down (the price)
29
hebu punguza
come on! lower the price!
30
bei ya jioni
price of the evening (euphemism for "best price", or "sale price")
31
jamani
OMG, pleaseeee
32
ishirini
twenty
33
thelathini
thirty
34
arobaini
forty
35
hamsini
fifty
36
sitini
sixty
37
sabini
seventy
38
themanini
eighty
39
tisini
ninety
40
mia (moja)
(one) hundred
41
elfu (moja)
(one) thousand
42
laki (moja)
(one) hundred thousand
43
milioni (moja)
(one) million
44
ishirini na moja
21
45
arobaini na tano
45
46
mia moja na mbili
102
47
mia mbili na hamsini
250
48
elfu moja mia mbili kumi na mbili
1,212
49
ghali sana!
very expensive!
50
bei
price
51
nitanunua kilo ___
I will buy ___ kilo(s)
52
ua
flower
53
pua
nose
54
uongo
lies
55
-zoea
to get used to
56
fungua
open
57
barua
letter
58
sharia
law
59
jua
sun
60
kazi
work
61
saa ngapi?
what is the time?
62
machungwa
oranges
63
mchana
afternoon (but still in the daytime)
64
asubuhi
morning
65
jioni
evening (as darkness approaches, about 5 pm till 9 or 10 pm when telling time. Before it's really dark and "usiku")
66
saa moja asubuhi
7 am
67
saa moja jioni
7 pm
68
saa kumi na mbili jioni
6 pm (12th hr of day - sunset)
69
usiku
nighttime
70
nusu
half
71
robo
quarter
72
dakika
minute/s
73
kaso/kasoro
minus
74
na
plus/and
75
maagizo
directions, instructions
76
mada
topic
77
mgonjwa
sick
78
saa tatu na dakika arobaini na tano usiku
9:45 pm (lit. third hour and 45 minutes at night)
79
saa nne kaso robo
9:45 pm (lit. fourth hour minus a quarter at night)
80
saa nne kaso dakika kumi na tano
9:45 pm (lit. fourth hour minus 15 minutes)
81
baridi
cold
82
theluji
ice/snow
83
sijui
I don't know
84
juu ya
about, concerning, on
85
nyumba
home, house (sg. and pl.)
86
nyumbani
at home (also "in, at, on, etc. the house")
87
wengine
others, some (refers only to people)
88
-ako
your, yours (prefix depends on noun class)
89
baada ya + infinitive (e.g. baada ya [wao] kuaagana)
after + gerund or past (e.g. after saying goodbye OR after they said goodbye)
90
-kali
strict, hard, tough, sharp
91
kijana (pl. vijana)
young
92
-na (verbal suffix)
often denotes reciprocal verb (ex. -onana = to see each other, from the verb -ona = to see)
93
-onana
to see each other
94
-amkiana
to greet each other (from -amkia = to greet)
95
-agana
to say goodbye to each other (from -aga = to take leave)
96
baina ya
between, among
97
-bisha hodi
call "hodi" to seek entrance
98
la
no
99
heri
happiness, blessedness, good fortune, etc
100
kwaheri ya kuonana
goodbye until we see each other again
101
mzuri (pl. wazuri)
good person
102
-zungumza
to converse, chat
103
au
or
104
muda
a period of time
105
-pika
to cook
106
-tazama
to look (at), to watch
107
-faulu
to be successful, to pass (a test)
108
-anguka
to fall, to fail (a test)
109
-furahi
to be happy, have fun, to celebrate, to please
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