What I covered in lessons 3 & 4:
mimi - I
mimi ni - I am
mimi ni Marekani - I am an American
Mkenya - Kenyan
mimi ni Mkenya - I am Kenyan
wewe ni Mkenya? - are you Kenyan?
mimi si - I am not
mimi si Mkenya - I am not Kenyan
wewe si - you are not
wewe si Mkenya - you are not Kenyan
na - and
je - well, well then (interjection)
na wewe je? - and what about you? and you then?
Habari gani, dada? - How are you, miss?
Nzuri, asante. Na wewe je? Habari gani, bwana? - Good, thank you. And you then? How are you, sir?
lakini - but
Mimi si Mkenyan lakini ninafahamu Kiswahili kidogo - I am not Kenyan but I understand Swahili a little
Mimi ninafahami Kiswahili kidogo lakini si vizuri sana - I understand Swahili a little but not very well
Na sifahamu Kiigereza - And I do not understand English
kweli - truly, honestly, of course
Wewe unafahamu Kiswahili, mama? - Do you understand Swahili, ma'am?
Kweli. Mimi ni Mkenya - Of course. I am Kenyan.
kwa kweli - truly, really
unasema - you speak
unafahmu na unasema nzuri sana - you understand and you speak very well
ninasema - I speak
ninasema kidogo lakini sifahamu - I speak a little but I don't understand
sisemi*** - I don't speak
sifahamu na sisemi vizuri sana - I don't understand and I don't speak very well
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-sema changes the ending in the negative:
sisemibarabara kuu - highway (big road)
barabara kuu ya Uhuru - Uhuru highway (lit. highway of Uhuru)
wapi - where
iko - it is (located)
iko 'api? - where is it?
tafadhali - please (pronounced
tah-fah-val-lee)
Samahani, bwana. Barabara kuu ya Uhuru iko 'api, tafadhali? - Excuse me, sir. Where is the Uhuru highway, please?
barabara ya Kenyatta - Kenyatta Avenue
hapa - here
iko hapa - it is (located) here
ha iko - it is not
pale - over there
iko pale - it is over there
Barabara ya Kenyatta iko 'api, tafadhali? Iko hapa? - Where is Kenyatta Avenue, please? Is it here?
Ndiyo. Iko hapa. - Yes. It is here.
Hapana. Ha iko hapa. - No. It is not here.
Iko pale? - Is it over there?
Ndiyo. Iko pale. - Yes. It is over there.
Hapana. Barabara Kenyatta ha iko pale. - No, Kenyatta Avenue is not over there.
usijali - nevermind, don't worry about it