Swahili Language School
The Swahili language or “Kiswahili” is discussed in relation to its history, geography, different dialects, and the spread of Kiswahili through the centuries. This chapter will also cover the status of the language in the world today and some aspects…
Cultural Note on Relative Importance of Time One of the most common distinctions people make about the difference between East African culture and our own regards punctuality. Simply put, we tend to place a high value on it, and East…
Ho to say time in Kiswahili and the explanation as why its different from the common way of saying time
More examples In a STROVE defined way: Infinitive Ku-pik-a: Kupika (to cook) Present Tense Ni-na-pik-a: Ninapika (I am cooking) U-na-pik-a: Unapika (You are cooking) Tu-na-pik-a: Tunapika (We are cooking) M-na-pika: Mnapika (You all are cooking) Wa-na-pik-a: Wanapika (They are cooking)…
Swahili also has many letters found in combination that produce specific sounds. There are 3 broad categories of letter combinations, but only the 3rd category will be of some difficulty to English speakers. The combination letters will be introduced in…
Interrogative Words We use questions in our daily life and it will be more necessary to ask questions as you learn Kiswahili. There are various interrogative words in Kiswahili .These interrogative words are generally at the end, but they may…
Swahili Noun Classes Most languages in the world, with English being the main exception, classify nouns into different groups known as noun classes. Historically, the division of nouns into noun classes in Swahili was based on how the East African…
Swahili names to some of the games in Olympics 1.Swimming -uogeleaji Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904. ……
Kiswahili has attained an international status. The African Union, formerly the Organization of African Unity (OAU), has adopted Kiswahili as one of the official languages of Africa.