Learn Good SWAHILI: Step by Step: A Complete Grammar

Learn Good SWAHILI: Step by Step: A Complete Grammar

A 800+ page textbook for anyone new to Swahili or wants to improve or brush up. Step by step explanation with examples and exercises, plus indexes, a 3,500+ bidirectional vocabulary* with mini-thesaurus**, and appendices. [*, ** - see examples below.] If you are going to East Africa, this is the text book you need to enhance your experience there, for being able to communicate with locals in their language is always most satisfying.

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*An example of a vocabulary entry:

lingana Â Â v Â Â Â Â match e.g. kusoma kwa mtoto kunalingana umri wake, the childâ€™s reading matches her age

where "v" indicates verb. Note: All Swahili text in the book is italicized as seen above, to visually distinguish it from all the other English text.

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**The built-in mini-thesaurus takes two forms:

(1) Related Words e.g. the entry for "abadan" has Related Words, as follows: ["F" = foreign-origin; "adv" = adverb]

abadan Â Â F Â Â adv Â Â Â always e.g. yeye abadan haridhi, he is never contented

Related Words:

baadaye, later/then

daima, always

halafu, then

huenda, sometimes

kabla ya, before

kamwe, never

kila mara, always

kisha, afterwards

milele, forever

punde, shortly

sasa, now

zamani, earlier

(2) Words grouped under the following categories: body, building structure, fauna, food, person, produce, terrain, tool, utensil, vegetation (including flora) and for adjectives, colours e.g. some of the entries under body are, in alphabetical order in English: [entries in brackets such as "(m,mi)" = (singular, plural prefixes); "n" = noun; "V", "xFF", "xFV", "U", "T" are noun groups as explained in Chapter 3: Nouns]

mkono(m,mi) Â Â n body: arm Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â V

kwapa(-,ma) Â Â n body: armpit Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â xFF

mgongo(m,mi) Â n body: back Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â V

ndevu(-) Â Â Â Â Â n body: beard Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â xFV

mshipa(m,mi) Â n body: blood vessel Â Â Â Â V

mfupa(m,mi) Â Â n body: bone Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â V

ubongo(u,m) Â Â n body: brain Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â U

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tumbo(-,ma) Â Â n body: stomach Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â xFF

mkia(m,mi) Â Â Â n body: tail (animal) Â Â Â V

paja(-,ma) Â Â Â n body: thigh Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â xFF

koo(-,ma) Â Â Â Â n body: throat Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â xFF

ulimi(ul,nd) Â n body: tongue Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â U

mkonga(m,mi) Â n body: trunk (elephant) V

kiuno(ki,vi) Â n body: waist Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â T

(A total of over 70 entries under body)
Country USA
Author Zahir Dhalla
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 830
PublicationDate 2016-06-15
ReleaseDate 2016-06-15

Country	USA
Author	Zahir Dhalla
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	830
PublicationDate	2016-06-15
ReleaseDate	2016-06-15

Learn Good SWAHILI: Step by Step: A Complete Grammar

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