LEARN SWAHILI

Welcome to your basic ki-swahili lesson!
The following words and phrases are what you will most likely encounter from the moment you step off the plane and through out your stay in our beautiful land. To get you involved right away in two-way communication, we have include dialogues centering around typical responses to every day interactions. In Swahili, each vowel in a word is pronounced. As an example Saa (watch) is pronounced Sa-a, watalii (tourists) is pronounce wa-ta-li-i and kelele (meaning noise) is pronounce ke-le-le.

English Swahili
Yes Ndiyo
No Hapana
Okay Sawa
Hello! or Hi! Jambo!
How are you? Habari yako?
Good morning? Habari ya usubuhi?
Good evening? Habari ya jioni?
Please Tafadhali
No thank you! La asante!
Thank you very much Asante sana
Excuse me Samahani
I don't understand Sielewi
Do you speak english? Unasema kiingereza?
I'd like... Nataka....
Can I have.....? Naweza kupata....?
I can't.. Siwezi..
How much is it? Ni kiasi gani?
What's happening? Kuna nini?
Where is it? Iko wapi?