Yesterday, today and tomorrow

In this post, we will look at words for time, like dzana (yesterday), rero (today) and machero (tomorrow).

Vocab

dzuzi day before yesterday
dzana yesterday
rero today
machero

tomorrow

wiki week
mwezi month
miezi months
mwaka year
miaka years

siku day, days
usiku

night

madzachʼa morning
mutsana afternoon
dziloni

evening

usiku na mutsana

night and day

jumapili Sunday

Exercises

Translate the following into Giriama:

Yesterday, we bought vegetables.
The day before yesterday, I went to church.
Yesterday, she was at work. Today, he was at work.


mwaka dzana last year


Last year, they went to Watamu.
Last year, I bought books (vithabu).
Last year, we came to Malindi.


siku mwengaone day

One day, I started to study Giriama and Swahili (Kiswahili).
One day, he went to Malindi.