Aussprachehilfe
- pronouncing the 'ny' as a separate 'n' and 'y' sound instead of a single palatal nasal consonant
Beispiele nach Niveau
Ninaishi katika nyumba ndogo lakini yenye starehe.
I live in a small but comfortable house.
Ndogo means 'small', yenye starehe means 'comfortable'.
Nyumba yetu ina vyumba vitatu na jiko moja.
Our house has three rooms and one kitchen.
Yetu means 'our', vyumba means 'rooms', jiko means 'kitchen'.
Wanapanga kujenga nyumba mpya mwaka ujao.
They plan to build a new house next year.
Wanapanga kujenga means 'they plan to build', mpya means 'new', mwaka ujao means 'next year'.
Je, umewahi kutembelea nyumba za kitamaduni za Waswahili?
Have you ever visited traditional Swahili houses?
Umewahi kutembelea means 'have you ever visited', za kitamaduni means 'traditional'.
Tunahitaji kurekebisha paa la nyumba yetu kabla ya msimu wa mvua.
We need to fix the roof of our house before the rainy season.
Kurekebisha means 'to fix', paa means 'roof', msimu wa mvua means 'rainy season'.
Watoto walicheza bustanini nyumba nzima mchana kutwa.
The children played in the garden all day long around the house.
Walicheza means 'they played', bustanini means 'in the garden', mchana kutwa means 'all day long'.
Nyumba hii ina historia ndefu na imepita vizazi vingi.
This house has a long history and has passed through many generations.
Historia ndefu means 'long history', imepita means 'it has passed', vizazi vingi means 'many generations'.
Nilimsaidia jirani yangu kupaka rangi nyumba yake wiki iliyopita.
I helped my neighbor to paint his house last week.
Nilimsaidia means 'I helped him/her', jirani yangu means 'my neighbor', kupaka rangi means 'to paint', wiki iliyopita means 'last week'.
Häufig gestellte Fragen
10 Fragen'Nyumba' means 'house' or 'home' in a general sense. 'Makazi' refers to 'habitation' or 'residence,' often implying a place where one lives permanently. Think of 'nyumba' as the physical structure, and 'makazi' as the act or state of living somewhere.
'Nyumba' is one of those Swahili nouns that don't change in the plural form. So, one house is 'nyumba' and many houses are also 'nyumba'. The context or accompanying words will tell you if it's singular or plural.
Generally, 'nyumba' refers to a dwelling, a house. While it can sometimes be used more broadly, for specific buildings like schools or hospitals, you'd use more precise terms like 'shule' (school) or 'hospitali' (hospital).
Yes, 'nyumba' is often a good translation for 'home.' It carries the same feeling of a personal dwelling. However, sometimes 'nyumbani' (at home/to home) is used when talking about the concept of 'home' as a place of belonging.
You'd say 'nyumba yangu'. 'Yangu' means 'my.' So, 'nyumba yangu' is 'my house'.
You would add an adjective after 'nyumba'. For example, 'nyumba kubwa' means 'big house' ('kubwa' = big), and 'nyumba ndogo' means 'small house' ('ndogo' = small).
No, Swahili nouns don't have grammatical gender in the way some European languages do. However, 'nyumba' falls into the N-class of nouns, which affects the agreement of adjectives and pronouns used with it.
Yes, you can. You can say 'nyumba ya kupanga', which literally translates to 'house for renting' or 'rented house.' 'Kupanga' means to rent.
A very common phrase is 'Karibu nyumbani!', which means 'Welcome home!' It's a friendly greeting when someone arrives at their or your house.
Yes, there are many! One well-known proverb is 'Nyumba ni choo.' This literally means 'A house is a toilet,' but it's used to emphasize privacy and the idea that what happens in a house should stay within that house.
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Which sentence correctly uses 'nyumba' in a possessive context?
The word 'yake' indicates possession, meaning 'his/her house'. The other options either misuse 'nyumba' or lack the correct possessive structure.
Choose the most natural way to say 'They built a new house' in Swahili.
'Kujenga' means 'to build'. The other verbs do not fit the context of building a house.
Which phrase best describes 'a small house'?
'Ndogo' means 'small'. The other adjectives mean 'big', 'beautiful', and 'tall' respectively.
The sentence 'Nyumba yangu iko mbali na mji' means 'My house is far from the city.'
'Yangu' means 'my', 'iko mbali' means 'is far', and 'mji' means 'city'. The sentence translates correctly.
It is grammatically correct to say 'Ninaenda nyumba' to mean 'I am going home'.
While 'nyumba' means 'house/home', the more natural and common phrase for 'going home' is 'Ninaenda nyumbani' (with the locative suffix '-ni').
The plural form of 'nyumba' is 'manyumba'.
The word 'nyumba' belongs to the N-class nouns, which do not change form in the plural. So, 'nyumba' is both singular and plural.
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