List of Nouns in Swahili

 

List of Nouns in Swahili

 

Wiki           week

 

Kuna siku saba kwa wiki.     There are seven days in a week.

 

Mwaka      year

mwaka moja     one year

 

sekunde    second

 

kuna sekunde hamsini na nane zilizobaki kwenye saa.

There are fifty eight seconds left on the stopwatch.

 

Dakika                minute

 

Kuna sekunde (60) sitini kwa dakika moja.

There are sixty seconds in a minute.


Maji           water

Kahawa    coffee


Birika la kahawa limejaa kahawa.

The coffee pot is full of coffee.


Pombe      Beer

Barafu      Ice

Chai           Tea

Mama        Mother

Baba           Father

Mume        Husband

Mke            Wife

Kijana       Son

Binti          Daughter

Samaki     Fish

Nyama ya ng’ombe    Beef

Mnofu wa nyama                Beef steak

Nyama ya nguruwe   Pork

Nyama ya kuku           Chicken

Supu ya kuku              Chicken soup

Jikoni                 Kitchen

Bafu           Bathroom

Tarakilishi         Computer

Tarakilishi la dawati          Desktop computer

Kitanda    Bed

Sofa          sofa

Muuguzi   Nurse

Hoteli                  Hotel

Hoteli pa mapumziko        Resort hotel

Mwanamke                 Woman

Mwanamume    Man

Mpenzi      Girlfriend

Mtoto                  Child

Daktari     Doctor

Mwalimu  Teacher

Leo            Today

Kesho        Tomorrow

Jana          Yesterday

Kichwa     Head

Mvua                   Rain

Theluji      Snow

Wingu       Cloud

Viatu                   Shoes

Shati                   Shirt

Soksi                   Socks

Suruali ndefu    Pants

Rafiki                  Friend

Mtu mzima        Adult

Msichana            Girl

Runinga    Television

Mvulana   Boy

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