Uma uhlela uhambo oluya e- East Africa , cabanga ukufunda imisho embalwa yesiSwahili ngaphambi kokuba uhambe. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uqala ukuhamba nge- safari kanye nokuphila noma ukuhlela ukuchitha izinyanga ezimbalwa njengesivolontiya, ukwazi ukuxoxa nabantu ohlangana nabo ngolimi lwabo uhamba ngendlela ende ekuboneni igebe lamasiko. Ngemisho embalwa emifushane, uzothola ukuthi abantu bangabangane futhi bayasiza kakhulu lapho uya khona.
Ubani Okhuluma IsiSwahili?
IsiSwahili yilona ulimi olukhulunywa kakhulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika engaphansi kweSahara, futhi lusebenza njengolimi lwesiNgisi ikakhulukazi eMpumalanga Afrika (nakuba kungesilo ulimi lokuqala lwabantu abaningi). E-Kenya naseTanzania, isiSwahili sinikeza isihloko solimi olusemthethweni nezingane zesiNgisi nezisikole samabanga aphansi ngokuvamile zifundiswa ngesiSwahili. Abaningi base-Uganda baqonda isiSwahili, nakuba kungavamile ukukhulunywa ngaphandle kwenhloko-dolobha, eKampala.
Uma uhamba eRwanda noma eBurundi, isiFulentshi cishe siyokuthola ngaphezu kweswahili, kodwa amagama ambalwa lapha nakhona kufanele aqondwe futhi umzamo uzokwaziswa. IsiSwahili sikhulunywa nakwezinye izingxenye zeZambia, i-DRC, iSomalia neMozambique. Kucatshangwa ukuthi abantu abangaba yizigidi eziyikhulu bakhuluma isiSwahili (nakuba kuphela abazungeze isigidi esisodwa bakubheka njengelulwimi lwabo).
Iziqalo zesiSwahili
IsiSwahili singase sibuyele emuva eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane ezimbalwa, kodwa ngokuqinisekile sathuthuka ngolimi esizwa ngalo namhlanje ngokufika kwabahwebi base-Arab nasePheresiya ogwini lwaseMpumalanga Afrika phakathi kuka-500 no-1000 AD.
IsiSwahili igama elithi ama-Arabs asetshenziselwa ukuchaza "ogwini" futhi kamuva liye lasebenza ekusetshenzisweni kwamasiko ahlukene aseMpumalanga Afrika. NgesiSwahili, igama elifanele ukuchaza ulimi ngesi-Swahili futhi abantu abakhuluma isiNgisi njengolimi lwabo lonina bangase bazibize ngokuthi uWashihilis . Nakuba izilimi zase-Arabhu nezilimi zase-Afrika ziphefumulela kakhulu isiSwahili, lolu limi luhlanganisa amagama aphuma ngesiNgisi, isiJalimane nesiPutukezi kanye.
Ukufunda Ukukhuluma IsiSwahili
IsiSwahili lulimi olulula ukufunda, ikakhulukazi ngoba amagama abizwa njengoba kubhaliwe. Uma ufisa ukwandisa isiSwahili sakho ngaphesheya kwemishwana eyisisekelo ebalwe ngezansi, kunezinsiza eziningana ezinhle kakhulu ze-inthanethi zokwenza kanjalo. Bheka i-Kamusi Project, isichazamazwi esikhulu se-intanethi esihlanganisa Umhlahlandlela Wokumemezela kanye nesicelo sesichazamazwi samahhala esiNgisi nesiNgisi se-Android ne-iPhone. I-Travlang ikuvumela ukuba ulande iziqeshana zomsindo wezinkulumo eziyisisekelo zesiSwahili, ngenkathi isiSwahili uLimi neSiko linikeza izifundo ongaziqedela ngokuzimela nge-CD.
Enye indlela enkulu yokuzicabangela isiSwahili isiko lokulalela ukusakaza ngolimi oluvela emithonjeni efana ne-BBC Radio ngesiSwahili, noma i-Voice of America ngesiSwahili. Uma ungathanda ukufunda IsiSwahili lapho ufika eMpumalanga Afrika, cabanga ukuthi ufunda esikoleni. Uzothola emadolobheni amakhulu namadolobha amakhulu eKenya naseTanzania - vele ubuze isikhungo sakho solwazi lwezokuvakasha, indawo yokuhlala noma i-embassy. Noma ngabe ukhetha ukufunda isiSwahili, qinisekisa ukutshala imali ebhokisini lamagama - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ufunda kangaki, cishe ukhohlwe konke okufundile okokuqala lapho ubeka khona.
Izilimi zesiSwahili eziyisisekelo zabahambi
Uma izidingo zakho zesiSwahili zilula, pheqa ohlwini olungezansi ukuze uthole imisho embalwa ephezulu ukuze uyenze ngaphambi kokuba ushiye eholidini.
Ukubingelela
- Sawubona = into / hujambo / salama
- Unjani? = ulwazi gani
- Kuhle (impendulo) = kuhle
- Okuhle = ku- heri / ku- herini (okungaphezu kweyodwa peson)
- Bheka kamuva = tutaonana
- Kuhle ukukuhlangabeza = nafurahi kukubona
- Goodnight = lala salama
Amakhono
- Yebo = yibo
- Cha = akukho
- Siyabonga = u- asante
- Ngiyabonga kakhulu = ngiyabonga kakhulu
- Sicela = sicela
- Kulungile = okufanayo
- Ngiyaxolisa = ngahani
- Wamukelekile = uhlezi
- Ungangisiza? = sicela, ucele usizo
- Ubani igama lakho? = ubani igama lakho?
- Igama lami = igama lami ni
- Uphuma kuphi? = unatoka wapi?
- Ngivela ... = natokea ...
- Ngingathatha isithombe? = naomba isithombe
- Ingabe uyasikhuluma isingisi? = ukhuluma ngesiNgisi?
- Uyakhuluma isiSwahili? = ungabonakali isi-Kiswahili?
- Kancane kancane = kancane nje!
- Usho kanjani ngesiSwahili? = unasemaje ... ngesi-Swahili
- Angikuqondi = sielewi
- Umngane = umngane
Ukuzungezela
- Iphi i...? = ni wapi ...?
- Isikhumulo sezindiza = indawo yezindiza
- Isiteshi sebhasi = isibalo sebhasi
- Ukuma kwebhasi = phansi
- I-taxi stand = isitembu se-teksi
- Isiteshi sesitimela = isitembu somzila
- Ibhange = ibhange
- Market = market
- Isiteshi samaphoyisa = kituo cha polisi
- Iphosta = isikhundla
- Ihhovisi lezokuvakasha = ihhovisi le-watali
- I-Toilet / indlu yokugezela = i- choo
- Yisiphi isikhathi ... eshiya? = ihamba nini ... ngapi?
- Ibhasi = basi
- I-minibus = amathathu (Kenya); i-dalla dalla (Tanzania)
- Isiza = indiza
- Isitimela = isitimela / i-car la moshi
- Ingabe ibhasi liya ...? = kuna basi ya ...?
- Ngingathanda ukuthenga ithikithi = nataka ukuthenga tikiti
- Ingabe kuseduze = kuyiseduze?
- Ingabe ikhululekile = yiyona?
- Kukhona = lapho
- Ngaphezulu kwalokho = kuphukile
- Ithikithi = tikiti
- Uyaphi? = uhambe kuphi?
- Kungakanani ukuhamba? = Yini engakanani?
- Ihhotela = hoteli
- Ikamelo = ikamelo
- Ukubhuka = akiba
- Ingabe zikhona izikhalazo kulobubusuku? = ngiyaphila namuhla usiko? (EKenya: ikhona indawo namuhla ebusuku?)
- Azikho izithuba = indawo ye-hamna. (IKenya: ayikho indawo)
- Malini ubusuku ngabunye? = yikuphi ukuhamba ebusuku?
Izinsuku nezinombolo
- Namuhla = namuhla
- Kusasa = kusasa
- Izolo = jana
- Manje = manje
- Kamuva = kamuva
- Nsuku zonke = zonke izinsuku
- NgoMsombuluko = NgoJumatatu
- NgoLwesibili = NgoJumanne
- NgoLwesithathu = NgoJumatano
- ULwesine = i- Alhamisi
- ULwesihlanu = IJumaa
- UMgqibelo = Jumamosi
- NgeSonto = ngoJumapili
- 1 = eyodwa
- 2 = kabili
- 3 = ezintathu
- 4 = ezine
- 5 = amahlanu
- 6 = six
- 7 = saba
- 8 = u- eight
- 9 = i- tisa
- 10 = kumi
- 11 = kumi na eyodwa (eyishumi nanye)
- 12 = kumi nabili (eyishumi nambili)
- 20 = amashumi amabili
- 21 = ishirni na moja (amashumi amabili nanye)
- 30 = amashumi amathathu
- 40 = i- arobaini
- 50 = i- hamsini
- 60 = i- sitini
- 70 = sabini
- 80 = i- themanini
- 90 = i- tisini
- 100 = i- mia
- 200 = ama- mia amabili
- 1000 = elfu
- 100,000 = i- laki
Ukudla Neziphuzo
- Ngingathanda = nataka
- Ukudla = ukudla
- Okushisayo / okubandayo = kwe- moto / epholile
- Amanzi = amanzi
- Amanzi ashisayo = amanzi we moto
- Amanzi okuphuza = amanzi ya kunywa
- I-Soda = i- soda
- Ubhiya = ibhiya
- Ubisi = i- maziwa
- Inyama = inyama
- Inkukhu = inyama yenkukhu
- Inhlanzi = i- sumaki
- Inkomo = inyama inyama
- Izithelo = imifino
- Imifino = imifino
Ezempilo
- Ngingayithola kuphi ... = naweza ukuthola ... wapi?
- Udokotela = udokotela / mganga
- Isibhedlela = esibhedlela
- Isikhungo sezokwelapha = ukwelashwa
- Ngiyagula = mina ngiyagula
- Ngidinga udokotela = nataka ukubona daktari
- Kubuhlungu lapha = naumwa lapha
- Umkhuhlane = inhlanzi
- I-Malaria = i- melaria
- Umswakama net = chandalua
- Amakhanda = umwa kichwa
- I-diarrhea = i- harisha / i-endesha
- Ukushaya = tapika
- Imithi = imithi
Izilwane
- Animal = animal
- I-Buffalo = i- nyati / i-mbogo
- I-Cheetah = duma / i-chita
- Ikholi = i- cow
- Indlovu = i- tembo / i-ndovuh
- Ijirafa = i- twiga
- Imbuzi = imbuzi
- I-Hippo = i- kiboko
- I-Hyena = i- fisi
- I-Leopard = i -hui
- Ibhubesi = amandla
- I-Rhino = i- kifaru
- I-Warthog = ngiri
- I-Wildebeest = i- nyumbu
- I-Zebra = i- punda milia
Lesi sihloko sibuyekezwe nguJessica Macdonald ngoDisemba 8, 2017.