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.
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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