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    Learn Kiswahili Fast
    Learn Kiswahili Fast
    Learn Kiswahili Fast
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    Learn Kiswahili Fast

    By Hesbon R.M

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    Learn Kiswahili Fast is a Simplified Version for Students that can be used by beginners to learn and understand Kiswahili very fast. Swahili is spoken in many countries of eastern, central, and southern Africa. This book contains swahili lessons for beginners and swahili words and their meanings that would enable you to speak Kiswahili free.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHesbon R.M
    Release dateJan 2, 2019
    ISBN9781386425199
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      Learn Kiswahili Fast - Hesbon R.M

      LESSON 1:  ALPHABET

      THE SWAHILI LANGUAGE doesn’t have its own alphabet. It was originally written using the

      Arabic alphabet. For the sounds missing in the Arabic alphabet like

      CH

      and

      G

      , Farsi

      characters were used. Later on in history, the colonial rulers in East Africa and Christian

      missionaries started to write Swahili words using the English alphabet.

      Swahili words can be written fully using the English alphabet. Some sounds are

      represented by letter combinations – just like in English. For example, the TH letter

      combination in Swahili sounds the same way as in the English word THINK. No

      words, however, use letters Q, X, and lone C. Letter C only appears in a CH

      letter combination that sounds like in the English word CHURCH.

      LESSON 2:  PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

      SWAHILI PRONUNCIATION is extremely easy. You’ll learn in this lesson how syllables are

      constructed in Swahili and how to pronounce them. We’ll start our lesson with vowels –

      the most important building blocks of most Swahili syllables.

      Vowels

      Vowels are called "

      vokali

      " in Swahili. They are,

      a

      ,

      e

      ,

      i

      ,

      o

      ,

      u

      - just as in English, but

      pronounced a little differently. In every Swahili word the vowels make exactly the same

      sounds – no exception what-so-ever! For example, in English, the vowel e sounds

      differently in words Peter and elephant. It’s not like that in Swahili. Vowel e in

      every word sounds like e as in elephant.

      Syllables

      Syllables in Swahili are made of vowels alone, or combinations of consonants and

      vowels. The exception is with letters m and n which form syllables just by

      themselves in some words e.g. "

      mtu

      (person),

      nchi

      " (country).

      Swahili people don’t like hanging consonants – consonants that are not followed by

      vowels. Therefore, if your name is John with a hanging n, they’ll call you "

      Joni

      " –

      with a vowel i added at the end. If you’re Bruce – with a hanging s sound – they’ll

      call you "

      Brusi

      . If you’re Rose – with a hanging z sound – they’ll call you

      Rozi

      ".

      Of course the Arabic name Salim becomes "

      Salimu

      ". You have to watchout if your

      name is Cook or Cooke because they will call you "

      Kuku

      " which actually means

      chicken in Swahili!  The most common consonants that can be forgiven to appear in a

      hanging state are f, k, l, m, n, and s, appearing in the middle.  For

      3

      example, "

      afya

      (health),

      maktaba

      (library),

      almasi

      (diamond),

      mamlaka

      "

      (authority), "

      mantiki

      (logic), and

      mstari

      " (line).

      Same sound as in English: f, h , l, m, n, s, v, w, y, z

      The above-listed letters make exactly the same sounds as in English:

      farasi

      (horse),

      fedha

      (silver),

      figo

      (kidney),

      foronya

      (pillow-case),

      kifua

      (chest)

      f

      h

      hatari

      (danger),

      hewa

      (air),

      historia

      (history),

      hoteli

      (hotel),

      huduma

      (service)

      l

      saladi

      (salad),

      leseni

      (license),

      limau

      (lemon),

      lozi

      (almond),

      lugha

      (language)

      m

      maji

      (water),

      meza

      (table),

      mimi

      (I),

      moja

      (one),

      muhimu

      (important)

      n

      nazi

      (coconut),

      nane

      (eight),

      nani

      (who),

      neno

      (word),

      nusu

      (half)

      s

      safari

      (journey),

      serikali

      (government),

      siri

      (secret),

      sokwe

      (chimpanzee),

      kasuku

      (parrot)

      v

      vanila

      (vanilla),

      veli

      (veil),

      vita

      (war),

      volkano

      (volcano),

      vumbi

      (dust)

      w

      watu

      (people),

      wembe

      (razor blade),

      wiki

      (week),

      woga

      (fear)

      y

      yaya

      (maid),

      yeye

      (he/she),

      yeyote

      (anyone),

      yunifomu

      (uniform)

      z

      zabibu

      (grape),

      zege

      (concrete),

      ziwa

      (lake),

      zoezi

      (exercise),

      zulia

      (carpet)

      Hard consonants: b, d, g, j

      The above four letters make sounds that are slightly different from English. They are

      pronounced in a hard way rather than the English soft way. For example, the word

      for father should correctly be pronounced as "

      baba

      , not

      baba

      ". The word for

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