Grammar Note:
About nouns in
this unit:
Noun Group:
Review grammar notes in unit 4 and in lesson 1-3 of this unit on nouns in the
Ø/N - Ø/N group. Nouns in this unit that fall into that group
are:
kalamu ‘pen’
penseli ‘pencil’
rula ‘ruler’ pesa ‘money’
Also nouns in Ø-Ma
maslahi ‘benefits’.
This noun is considered uncountable and always understood in the plural.
The Verb to
be in location:
These are -po location near/ familiar to the speaker
-ko location away/unfamiliar from the speaker
-mo inside location
In the reading text, we have the following text:
Duka lake lipo katika mji wa Moshi ‘His shop is in the city of Moshi.’
One would assume
that the speaker is either in the city of Moshi or is familiar or has definite
information about the shop. Otherwise, one would expect the speaker to use liko
instead.
PossessivePronuns:
Review grammar notes in Unit 1.
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Noun
-angu ‘mine’ -ako ‘yours’ -ake ‘his/has
Mtoto ‘child’ wangu wako wake
Watoto ‘children’ wangu wako wake
Mti ‘tree’ wangu wako wake
Miti ‘trees’ yangu yako yake
Tunda ‘fruit’ langu lako lake
Matunda ‘fruits’ yangu yako yake
Kitabu ‘books’ changu chako chake
Vitabu ‘books’ vyangu vyako vyake
Radio ‘radio’ yangu yako yake
Radio ‘radios zangu zako zake
Noun -etu ‘ours’
-enu ‘yours’ -ao ‘theirs’
Mtoto ‘child’ wetu wenu wao
Watoto ‘children’ wetu wenu wao
Mti ‘tree’ wetu wenu wao
Miti ‘trees’ yetu yenu yao
Tunda ‘fruit’ letu lenu lao
Matunda ‘fruits’ yetu yenu yao
Kitabu ‘books’ chetu chenu chao
Vitabu ‘books’ vyetu vyenu vyao
Radio ‘radio’ yetu yenu yao
Radio ‘radios zetu zenu
Words used when asking questions in Kiswahili: zao
Review Unit 2 for a discussion on some of the common question words used by Swahili speakers. The most frequently used are:
gani ‘what/which’
-pi ‘which one’
wapi ‘where’ lini ‘when’,
wapi ‘where’ nini ‘what’
nani ‘who’