Swahili for starters: a practical introductory course
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| adam_text | SWAHILI FOR STARTERS
A Practical Introductory Course
JOAN MAW
Emeritus Reader in Swahili in the
University of London,
School of Oriental and African Studies
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
6 Wapi? Where? 24
I How to ask about and describe people s 24
whereabouts How to agree and disagree politely
II Locative suffix -ni; exceptions Ndiyo, siyo, 31
agreement/disagreement Place copula -ko with 3rd
person singular and plural, positive and negative
Wapi?
III Exercises Game — Spot the lady 32
IV Polite conversation 33
7 Wapi hasa? Where precisely? 35
I Precise versus general place Inside Some idiomatic 35
uses of place copulas Who?
II Interrogative nani? -po, -mo, all persons, positive 38
and negative Siyo as copula
III Exercises World map, travel game 38
IV Place and state Gradation of terms of address 40
Naming
Revision 41
8 Matamishi Pronunciation 44
I Swahili vowels a, i, u
II Spelling of vowels Vowel chart
Ill More practice
IV Problems for native English speakers
Matamshi Pronunciation
I Swahili vowels e and o Allophones Adjacent
vowels
II Allophones plotted 5 vs 7 vowel systems
Ill More practice
Revision
10 Ngapi? How many? 54
I Counting, asking and telling the date, time, how 54
much money, how many children
II Ordinal/cardinal numbers, ni, si copulas, -na 58
possession, positive and negative Class 9/10 qf
class 1/2 nouns, singular and plural Number
concords for animates
III Exercises Money guessing game 60
IV Swahili times, dates, seasons, money, children 62
11 Matamshi Pronunciation 65
I Nasal consonants m, n,j i,g Stressed and syllabic 65
nasals
II Description of pronunciation of j i Distribution of Q 67
III More practice 67
Contents xi
12 Kupika chai Making tea 68
I Getting people to do things, and telling them not to 68
Asking and suggesting Greetings and farewells on
visiting people at home
II Imperative singular and plural Subjunctive, positive 71
and negative, all persons
III Exercises Begin to make own grammar book 72
A tea-party
IV Conventions for social calls 74
13 Kununua mahindi Buying maize 76
I Asking why and giving a reason Expressing a wish 76
Describing present action; more than one There
is (not)
II More place expressions, kuna, hakuna -na- tense 78
-ku- stress carrier Linkage by na + infinitive, na
plus subjunctive, nami etc Irregular forms of -enda
and -ja Uses of kali Verbs of wishing etc
-I- infinitive
III Exercises Shopping game 80
IV Shopping in markets 82
14 Sokoni At the market Matamshi ya kiarabu Arabic- 84
type pronunciation
I Useful expressions for haggling 84
Arabic-influenced pronunciation
II General negative 86
III Exercises 87
IV Prestige of Arabic; influence Alternative 87
pronunciations
Refusing an offer
Revision 88
15 Kwenda Mombasa (1) Going to Mombasa (1) 90
I Useful expressions in connection with travel, buying 90
tickets, etc
II Infinitive vs subjunctive for intention, after verbs 92
of wishing etc Placement of negative Negative
infinitive Introduction to class 5 kwa + noun for
travel
III Comprehension Exercises Loan words 93
Composition
IV Different modes of travel in East Africa 96
16 Kwenda Mombasa (2) Behewa la kulalia In the 98
sleeping-car
I Sleeping and dining on trains 98
II Noun classes 5/6, 7/8 and 9/10 Possessive 101
adjectives with classes 5, 7, 9/10, 16 ndi- plus
xii Contents
persons, as copula Prepositional extension of
verbs Vowel harmony
III Comprehension Exercises Composition 105
IV Social behaviour between the sexes 107
17 Jamaa The family Matamshi:mkazo Pronunciation: 111
stress
I Family relationships Introducing and being 111
introduced
II Possessive adjectives with animates Contracted 112
forms, -a with classes 112, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10
Possessive adjectives and -a with classes 16/17/18
Reciprocal extension Prepositional plus reciprocal
extension Group stress
III Pronunciation Exercises Game: Happy Families 113
Family tree game
IV The Swahili extended family 118
18 Mwoga The coward 121
I Gossip, telling a tale, teasing 121
II Object prefixes, all persons Subject and object 122
prefixes classes 5/6, 7/8, 9/10 Use of object
prefixes Tenses -me- and -ja-
III Comprehension Exercises Game: Hunt the 124
thimble
IV Attitude shown in grammar Oral performance 127
19 Kudanganywal Cheated! Matamshi Pronunciation 128
I An Awful Warning 128
Pronunciation — aspiration
II Place subject with -na Classes 3/4, 11(14), 15 130
Adjectival agreements, all classes, Comparison
of adjectives Rules for class 9/10 agreements
Aspiration
III Comprehension Exercises Dice game: At Home 134
Pronunciation
IV Some gestures 137
20 Kutodanganywa Not being cheated 139
I A counter-ploy 139
II Negative infinitive Demonstratives Reduplication 140
Lengthening of final syllable, -pi? -je? Adjectival vs
pronominal class prefixes Sequence of qualifiers
III Comprehension Concord chart Exercises 143
IV Them and us 147
Revision 148
Contents xiii
21 Lini? When? 149
I Past and future time Making arrangements; 149
invitations
II Tenses -ta- and -//-; negative future and past -//- 150
and -me- tenses compared; past negative and
-ja- compared, kwamba, kama and reported
speech Position of reported clauses
III Composition Exercises 151
IV Time and state The Swahili as travellers 152
22 Nchi yetu Our country 154
I The Kenyan and Tanzanian national anthems 154
II Copula kuwa; function with other copulas as 157
tense-carrier; function as auxiliary in compound
tenses
III Singing Exercises Crossword puzzles 156
IV Problems of national unity in East Africa Swahili 158
as a national language
23 Ajali An accident 160
I A car accident Expressing concern 160
II- -ka- tense Passive extension, -enye 161
III Composition Exercises 164
IV Fatalism Proverbs 165
24 Ugonjwa Illness 167
I Illnesses; parts of the body In hospital 167
II -ki- and -sipo- tenses Reversive extension Verbs 169
of prohibition plus negative, -o, -ote Address by
relationship
III Exercises Proverbs Game: Pains 171
IV Traditional versus modern medicine Attitudes 173
to illness
25 Kuazima na kuazimia Borrowing and lending 175
I Possession; borrowing and lending 175
II Close possession, -na- plus object relative suffix 176
Direct and indirect object; sequence Range of
uses of prepositional extension Uses of -piga -nge-
tense for would
III Exercises 179
IV Ideas of ownership and possession 181
Revision 182
26 Kwenda Tamarind Going to the Tamarind 183
I Giving directions 183
II ndi- with classes 3-18 Dependent clauses of time 186
and manner Adverbial uses of prefixes of class 7/8
-a- tense, si for emphasis, kulia, kushoto
xiv Contents
III Town plan comprehension Exercises Orientation 188
games
IV Going out Entertainment and festivals 190
27 Barua A letter 192
I Conventions for letter-writing An actual example 192
II More conventions Some word-division and spelling 195
problems Relative markers in verbs
III Sayings Exercises Writing a letter 199
IV The client-protector relationship Accepting offers 202
28 Malaika Angel 203
I Pop songs 203
II mwenzangu etc -nge- tense positive and negative 203
hu- tense, so + adjective + that
III Singing Exercises Consequences 205
IV Music among the Swahili, traditional and modern 206
29 Kukata umeme Electricity cut off 208
I Encounter with officialdom Finding one s way 208
about in Nairobi
II -ngali- tense, positive and negative Different forms 209
of the negative
III Exercises Games with plan of Nairobi 210
IV Urbanisation and town life problems 214
Housewarming
Revision 217
30 Haraka haraka haina baraka More haste less speed 218
I Speeding and a brush with the police 218
II Causative extension Agreement copula Non-relative 221
subordinate time clauses Note on lack of dummy
verbs in Swahili
III Exercises Translation 225
IV Attitudes to time Concepts of being Authority 226
Necessity
31 Kuibiwa A robbery 229
I Making a statement 229
II Stative extension 232
III Re-telling Exercises Composition 233
IV Concepts of crime and sin Ways of dealing with 235
them
32 Ziara A visit 237
I Making a formal visit 237
II amba-, forms and usage 239
III Exercises 241
IV Community relations Face 242
Contents xv
33 Nyota Your stars 244
I Astrology 244
II Style — popular journalese Noun class meanings 246
Word derivation, especially nouns from verbs
Arabic derivations
III Deverbative noun chart Exercises Translation 250
Deduction
IV Contemporary preoccupations 251
34 Mwanasesere The doll 253
I A passage from contemporary Swahili fiction 253
II Style — loan words from Arabic Multiple verbal 255
extensions Topic Reduplication
III Exercises Verbal structure chart Arabic loans 257
IV Brief introduction to Swahili literature A poem of 258
Muyaka
35 Mpira Football 261
I Some games described 261
II Style — highly idiomatic Formation of loan words 263
from English, cf structure of Bantu words in Swahili
III Loan words Translation 265
IV Limit of language — more gestures 265
RS What now? 267
Appendix — passages for reading and translation 268
Reference charts 276
Key to exercises 280
Bibliography 314
Index 315
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