Nairobi, Kenya     19 °C Light Rain Feels Like: 19°C Humidity: 78% Wind: NNW at 11 km/h Some useful sayings when in Kenya Greetings (and other basics) Hello             Jambo          No problems         Sijambo (response) How are things?               Habari? Fine, etc.            Nzuri (response)   Goodbye to one/goodbye to many       Kwaheri/Kwaherini   Come in       Karibu Thank you                      Asante Mr. (respectful- adult man)       Bwana   Mrs., Miss (respectful-adult woman)  Mama                     youth/youths           kijana/vijana child/children          mtoto/watoto What is your name?   Jina lako nani? My name is...               Jina langu... What are you called?       Unaitwaje? I am called...                Nina itwa... Numbers 1     moja 2      mbili 3       tatu 4       nne 5      tano 6       sita 7     saba 8     nane 9       tisa 10      kumi 11    kumi na moja 12-19 kumi na (mbili, tatu, etc.) 20    ishirini 21-29 ishirini na (moja, mbili, etc.) 30    thelathini 40      arobaini 50      hamsini 60           sitini 70         sabini 80    themanini 90           tisini 100      mia moja 121   mia moja na ishirini na moja 1000       elfu moja Time What time is it?         Saa ngapi? three o'clock     saa tisa quarter past                   na robo half past                       na nusu quarter to                   kasa robo minutes                          dakika  early              mapema yesterday                         jena today                               l eo tomorrow                       kesho daytime                     mchana night-time                        usiku dawn         alfajiri morning     asubuhi Days Monday           jumatatu Tuesday       jumanne Wednesday     jumatano Thursday          alhamisi Friday          ijumaa Saturday         jumamosi Sunday         jumapili Verbs Note that "ku" is the infinitive and generally separable. to be able   (can) ku-weza to be,   to become ku-wa to bring ku-leta to buy ku-nunua to come kuja (irregular) to come from ku-toka to drink ku-nywa to eat ku-la to give ku-pa to go kwenda (generally irregular) to have ku-wa na to hear ku-sikia to know ku-jua to like,   to love ku-penda to look ku-tazama to think ku-fikiri to be tired ku-choka to say,    to speak ku-sema to see,    to meet ku-ona to sleep ku-lala to stay ku-kaa to want ku-taka Pronouns Me, I Mimi, Ni You Wewe, U Him/Her Yeye He/She A Us, We Sisi, Tu You (plural) Ninyi, M Them, They Wao, Wa Tenses present   -na- past   -li- future   -ta- immediately past   or continuing   -me- Useful words yes ndiyo no hapana expensive ghali sana cheap rahisi right kulia left kushoto up juu down chini friend rafiki Pardon Samahani Where is? Wapi? here hapa when? lini? now sasa soon sasa hivi why? kwa nini? because kwa sababu who? nini? what? nani? which? gani?/gapi? true kweli and/with na or au (it) is/   (they) are    ni Useful phrases I don't understand           Sifahamu/Sielewi I don't speak Swahili       Sisemi kiswahili How do you say in Swahili?                Unasemaje kwa kiswahili...? Could you repeat that?     Sema tena Speak slowly      Sema pole pole I don't know      Sijui Where can I stay?      Naweza kukaa wapi? Can I stay here?      Naweza kukaa hapa? How much?      Ngapi? How much is...?      Pesa ngapi...? What price?      Bei gani...? I want...      Nataka... I don't want...      Sitaki... Come down a little   (in price)      Punguza kidogo Bring me...      Nilete... Where are you going?      Nenda wapi? I'm going to...      Nenda... When does it leave?      Inaondoka lini? When will we arrive?      Tutafiki lini? I want to get off here      Nataka kushuka hap Let's go (carry on, etc.)    Twende straight ahead      Moja kwa moja Excuse me (let me   through)      Hebu   Full name: The Republic of Kenya Population: 34.3 million (UN, 2005) Capital: Nairobi Area: 582,646 sq km (224,961 sq miles) Major languages: Swahili, English Major religion: Christianity Life expectancy: 48 years (men), 46 years (women) (UN) Monetary unit: 1 Kenya shilling = 100 cents Main exports: Tea, coffee, horticultural products, petroleum products GNI per capita: US $540 (World Bank, 2005) Internet domain: .ke International dialling code: +254

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