Kiswahili Language

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I You He you (plural) We They	Mimi Wewe Yeye Ninyi Sisi Wao
Can I You He you (plural) We They	-Weza Naweza Unaweza Anaweza Mnaweza Tunaweza Wanaweza
To Have I You He you (plural) We They	Kuwa na Nina Unayo Anao Mnayo Tunayo Wanayo
To Say I You He you (plural) We They	-Sema Nasema Unasema Anasema Mnasema Tunasema Wanasema
To Go I You He you (plural) We They	-Enda kwa Naenda Wewe nenda Yeye huenda Nyinyi mnaenda Twende Wanaenda
To Know I You He you (plural) We They	-Jua Najua Wajua Anajua Mnajua Tunajua Wanajua
To Want I You He you (plural) We They	-Taka Nataka Unataka Anataka Mnataka Tunataka Wanataka
To Do I You He you (plural) We They	-Fanya Ninafanya Unafanya Yeye hufanya Nyinyi hufanya Tunafanya Wanafanya

Some phrases using the verbs

I did not do anything	Sikufanya chochote
He did it!	Alifanya hivyo!
I want you	Nakutaka
I don't want to eat that food	Sitaki kula chakula hicho
What did you say?	Ulisema nini?
I say this to you as a friend	Nakualezea kama rafiki
I cannot do it	Siwezi kuifanya
I can travel finally	Mwishowe ninaweza kusafiri
Do you have a passport?	Una pasipoti?
Do you know a good hotel?	Unajua hoteli nzuri?
I do not know this city	Sijui mji huu
Go away!	1) Nenda mbali! 2) Toka Hapa 3) Potelea Mbali

Learn Kiswahili

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Kiswahili

Family
How can you describe your family in Kiswahili?

Numbers
How to count in Kiswahili

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Kiswahili

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Kiswahili

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Kiswahili

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Kiswahili

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Kiswahili

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Kiswahili

Phrases
Extra phrases in Kiswahili that may be handy

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