Vocabulary by blog post
Welcome to Giriama| Kigiriama | The Giriama language |
Subject concords 1 ni- |
I |
| u- | you |
| mu- | you |
| a- | he/she |
| -enda | go |
| -dza | come |
| -adima | can |
| -gula | buy |
| -shoma | read |
| -ona | see |
Subject concords 2 |
| fu- | we (exclusive) |
| hu- | we (inclusive) |
| ma- | they |
Tenses 1: na
| -na- | (continuous aspect) |
Pronunciation 2: nasals
| ng'ombe | cow |
| mboga | vegetables |
| mbuzi | goats |
| ndani | inside |
| ndzala | hunger |
| nguwo | clothes |
| ngira | road |
Questions 1
| vídzè | so (question marker) |
| ryà | eat |
| màízú | banana(s) |
| hèndzà | like |
Object concords 1
| -lola | look at |
| -richa | leave |
| ni | me |
| hu | us |
| fu | us |
| mu | you guys |
Object concords 2
| ku | you |
| mu | him, her |
| a | them |
Questions 2: where
| -toa | stay |
| hiko | where |
| -hi | where |
| nyumba | house |
| mudzi | home, village |
| d'uka | shop |
| kazi | work |
| kanisa | church |
| bahari | sea |
| -ni | at |
Dictionary
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| Giriama | English | Post name | Post number | Swahili | Part of speech |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kigiriama | Giriama (the language) | Welcome to Giriama | 1 | kigiriama? | noun (7) |
| -gula | buy | Subject concords 1 | 3 | nunua | verb |
| -dima | can | Subject concords 1 | 3 | weza | verb |
| -dza | come | Subject concords 1 | 3 | toka? | verb |
| -enda | go | Subject concords 1 | 3 | enda | verb |
| a- | he | Subject concords 1 | 3 | a | subject concord |
| ni- | I | Subject concords 1 | 3 | ni | subject concord |
| -shoma | read | Subject concords 1 | 3 | soma | verb |
| -ona | see | Subject concords 1 | 3 | ona | verb |
| a- | she | Subject concords 1 | 3 | a | subject concord |
| mu- | you (plural) | Subject concords 1 | 3 | m | subject concord |
| u- | you (singular) | Subject concords 1 | 3 | u | subject concord |
| ma- | they | Subject concords 2 | 4 | wa | subject concord |
| fu- | we (exclusive) | Subject concords 2 | 4 | tu | subject concord |
| hu- | we (inclusive) | Subject concords 2 | 4 | tu | subject concord |
| mosi | 1 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | moja | number |
| hiri | 2 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | mbili | number |
| hahu | 3 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | tatu | number |
| inne | 4 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | nne | number |
| tsano | 5 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | tano | number |
| handahu | 6 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | sita | number |
| fungahe | 7 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | saba | number |
| nane | 8 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | nane | number |
| chenda | 9 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | tisa | number |
| kumi | 10 | Numbers 1-10 | 5 | kumi | number |
| -na- | (continuous aspect) | Tenses 1: na | 6 | -na- | tense |
| nguwo | clothes | Pronunciation 2: nasals | 7 | noun | |
| ng'ombe | cow | Pronunciation 2: nasals | 7 | ng'ombe | noun |
| mbuzi | goats | Pronunciation 2: nasals | 7 | noun | |
| ndzala | hunger | Pronunciation 2: nasals | 7 | noun | |
| ndani | inside | Pronunciation 2: nasals | 7 | preposition? | |
| ngira | road | Pronunciation 2: nasals | 7 | noun | |
| mboga | vegetables | Pronunciation 2: nasals | 7 | noun | |
| màízú | banana(s) | Questions 1 | 8 | ndizi | noun |
| ryà | eat | Questions 1 | 8 | la | verb |
| hèndzà | like | Questions 1 | 8 | penda | verb |
| vídzè | so (question marker) | Questions 1 | 8 | je | other |
| richa | leave | Object concords 1 | 9 | verb | |
| lola | look at | Object concords 1 | 9 | verb | |
| -ni- | me | Object concords 1 | 9 | ni | object concord |
| -fu- | us (exclusive) | Object concords 1 | 9 | tu | object concord |
| -hu- | us (inclusive) | Object concords 1 | 9 | tu | object concord |
| -mu- | you (plural, object) | Object concords 1 | 9 | m | object concord |
| -mu- | him, her | Object concords 2 | 10 | a | object concord |
| a | them | Object concords 2 | 10 | wa | object concord |
| -ku- | you (singular, object) | Object concords 2 | 10 | ku | object concord |
| -ni | at | Questions 2: where | 11 | -ni | preposition |
| kanisa | church | Questions 2: where | 11 | kanisa | noun |
| mudzi | home, village | Questions 2: where | 11 | noun | |
| nyumba | house | Questions 2: where | 11 | nyumba | noun |
| bahari | sea | Questions 2: where | 11 | bahari | noun |
| d'uka | shop | Questions 2: where | 11 | duka | noun |
| -toa | stay | Questions 2: where | 11 | verb | |
| -hi | where | Questions 2: where | 11 | question | |
| hiko | where | Questions 2: where | 11 | wapi | question |
| kazi | work | Questions 2: where | 11 | kazi | noun |
| rikumba | big fish | Noun classes | 13 | noun (16) | |
| kithabu | book | Noun classes | 13 | kitabu | noun (7) |
| vithabu | books | Noun classes | 13 | vitabu | noun (8) |
| musichana | girl | Noun classes | 13 | msichana | noun (1) |
| asichana | girls | Noun classes | 13 | wasichana | noun (2) |
| nyumba | houses | Noun classes | 13 | nyumba | noun (10) |
| chungwa | orange | Noun classes | 13 | chungwa | noun (5) |
| machungwa | oranges | Noun classes | 13 | machungwa | noun (6) |
| at'u | people | Noun classes | 13 | watu | noun (2) |
| mut'u | person | Noun classes | 13 | mtu | noun (1) |
| kut'u | place (general) | Noun classes | 13 | noun (17) | |
| mut'u | place (inside) | Noun classes | 13 | noun (18) | |
| hat'u | place (specific) | Noun classes | 13 | noun (16) | |
| kushoma | reading | Noun classes | 13 | kusoma | noun (15) |
| lugwe | rope | Noun classes | 13 | noun (11) | |
| kahoho | small child | Noun classes | 13 | mtoto | noun (12) |
| uhoho | small children | Noun classes | 13 | watoto | noun (13) |
| kit'u | thing | Noun classes | 13 | kitu | noun (7) |
| vit'u | things | Noun classes | 13 | vitu | noun (8) |
| muhi | tree | Noun classes | 13 | mti | noun (3) |
| miti | trees | Noun classes | 13 | miti | noun (4) |
| wari | ugali | Noun classes | 13 | ugali | noun (14) |
| muvulana | boys | Nouns: Class 1 and 2 | 14 | mvulana | noun (1) |
| mwana | child | Nouns: Class 1 and 2 | 14 | mwana | noun (1) |
| muvuhi | fisherman | Nouns: Class 1 and 2 | 14 | noun (1) | |
| muzuzu | fools | Nouns: Class 1 and 2 | 14 | noun (1) | |
| musena | friend | Nouns: Class 1 and 2 | 14 | rafiki | noun (1) |
| muzhazi | parent | Nouns: Class 1 and 2 | 14 | mzazi | noun (1) |
| mwalimu | teacher | Nouns: Class 1 and 2 | 14 | mwalimu | noun (1) |
| muzungu | white people | Nouns: Class 1 and 2 | 14 | noun (1) | |
| ku- | to (infinitive marker) | Tenses 2: ku | 17 | ku- | tense |
| kw- | to (infinitive marker) | Tenses 2: ku | 17 | kw- | tense |
| nena | speak | Tenses 2: ku | 17 | sema | verb |
| andhika (kw-) | begin | Tenses 2: ku | 17 | verb | |
| andzaza(kw-) | spread | Tenses 2: ku | 17 | verb | |
| angira(kw-) | enter | Tenses 2: ku | 17 | verb | |
| andza | start | Tenses 2: ku | 17 | verb | |
| gonya | finish | Tenses 2: ku | 17 | verb | |
| dza | (earlier today) | Tenses 3: dza | 19 | tense | |
| sikuli | school | Copula 1: being at | 20 | noun | |
| munda | farm | Copula 1: being at | 20 | noun | |
| muho | river | Copula 1: being at | 20 | noun | |
| mulume | man, husband | Family | 21 | noun | |
| muche | woman, wife | Family | 21 | noun | |
| mwana | son | Family | 21 | noun | |
| mutsedza |
parent in law (of man) | Family | 21 | noun | |
| baba | father | Family | 21 | noun | |
| m'ama | mother | Family | 21 | noun | |
| ndugu | sibling | Family | 21 | noun | |
| bizhala | father-in-law (of woman) | Family | 21 | noun | |
| mizhala | mother-in-law (of woman) | Family | 21 | noun | |
| h'awe | grandmother | Family | 21 | noun | |
| -angu | my | Possessives 1 | 22 | possessive pronoun | |
| na | and | Conjunctions 1: and, or | 23 | conjunction | |
| na gonya | and then | Conjunctions 1: and, or | 24 | conjunction | |
| hedu | or | Conjunctions 1: and, or | 24 | conjunction | |
| hedudze | or not | Conjunctions 1: and, or | 24 | conjunction |
