Ukuba uceba uhambo oluya eMpuma Afrika , cinga ukufunda iincwadana ezimbalwa zesiSwahili ngaphambi kokuba uhambe. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ungena kwi- safari yakuba ngumntu onokuphila okanye uceba ukuchitha iinyanga ezininzi njengesivolontiya, ukukwazi ukuthetha nabantu odibana nabo ngolwimi lwabo uhamba ngendlela ende ekubhekiseleleni kwi-gap yeenkcubeko. Ngamaqela ambalwa efanelekileyo, uya kufumana ukuba abantu banomdla kwaye banceda xa uhamba khona.
Ngubani Othetha IsiSwahili?
IsiSwahili yilona luthetha kakhulu ulwimi lwase -Afrika ephantsi kwe-Sahara, kwaye lusebenza njengelwimi lwesiNgesi kwiindawo ezininzi zaseMpuma Afrika (nangona ayilona ulwimi lokuqala lwabantu abaninzi). E-Kenya naseTanzania, isiSwahili sinokwabelana ngolwimi olusemthethweni ngolwimi lwesiNgesi kunye nesikolo esiprayimari ngokuqhelekileyo sifundiswa ngesiSwahili. Abaninzi baseUganda baqonda isiSwahili, nangona kunqabile ukuthethwa ngaphandle komkhulu, eKampala.
Ukuba uhamba eRwanda okanye eBurundi, isiFrentshi mhlawumbi siya kukufumana ngaphezu kwesiSwahili, kodwa amagama ambalwa apha nalapha aya kufuneka aqondwe kwaye imizamo iya kuyanconywa. IsiSwahili sithetha nakwezinye zeZambia, i-DRC, iSomalia kunye neMozambique. Kuqikelelwa ukuba abantu abangama-100 yezigidi bathetha isiSwahili (nangona i-miliyoni enye kuphela icinga ukuba iyilwimi lwabo lonina).
Imvelaphi yesiSwahili
IsiSwahili sinokubuyela emva kweminyaka emininzi iminyaka, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo yaba neelwimi esiva ngalo namhlanje ngokufika kwabahwebi baseArabhu nabasePersi kunxweme lwaseMpuma Afrika phakathi kwama-500 ukuya ku-1000 AD.
IsiSwahili ligama elithi ama-Arabs asetyenziselwa ukuchaza "ulunxweme" kwaye emva koko yenzeke ekusebenziseni kwinkcubeko ehlukeneyo yaseNtshonalanga ye-Afrika. NgesiSwahili, igama elichanekileyo ukuchaza ulwimi ngesi-Swahili kunye nabantu abathetha isiNgesi njengelwimi lwabo lonina bangabiza ngokuba ngu- Waswahilis . Nangona iilwimi zaseArabhu kunye neelwimi zaseAfrika ziphefumlelwe kakhulu ngesiSwahili, ulwimi luquka amagama atholakala kwisiNgesi, isiJamani kunye nesiPutukezi ngokunjalo.
Ukufunda Ukuthetha IsiSwahili
IsiSwahili yilwimi elula ukufunda, ngokuyininzi kuba amagama abizwa njengoko kubhaliwe. Ukuba unqwenela ukwandisa iSwahili yakho ngaphaya kwegama elibhaliweyo elibhalwe ngezantsi, kukho izixhobo ezininzi ze-inthanethi zokwenza njalo. Khangela i-Kamusi Project, isichazi esininzi se-Intanethi esilathatha isiKhokelo soKhuselo kunye nesicelo sesichazamazwi sesiSwahili nesiNgesi sama-Android ne-iPhone. I-Travlang ikuvumela ukuba ulande iziqeshana zomsindo zeziqendu zesiSwahili, ngelixa iilwimi zesiSwahili kunye neNkcubeko zinika izifundo zezifundo onokuzigqiba ngokuzimela ngaphandle kweCD.
Enye indlela enkulu yokuzicoca ngesiSwahili inkcubeko kukuphulaphula ukusasazwa ngeelwimi kwimithombo efana ne-Radio ye-Swahili ngesiSwahili, okanye i-Voice of America ngesiSwahili. Ukuba unokuba ufunde isiSwahili xa ufika eMpuma Afrika, cinga ukuhamba kwiklasi yesikolo. Uza kubafumana kwiidolophu ezinkulu nakwiidolophu eKenya naseTanzania - vele ucele indawo yezokhenketho zengingqi, umqhubi okanye u-embassy. Nangona ukhetha ukufunda IsiSwahili, qinisekisa ukuba utyalomali kwincwadana - kungakhathaliseki ukuba ufunda kangakanani, unokukhumbula yonke into oyifunayo okokuqala.
Iimpawu eziSiseko zesiSwahili zabaTyeli
Ukuba iimfuno zakho zesiSwahili zilula, jonga uluhlu olungezantsi kwiibinzana eziphezulu ukuzenza ngaphambi kokuba uhambe kwiholide.
Ukubulisa
- Sawubona = into / hujambo / salama
- Unjani? = ulwazi ntoni
- Kuhle (impendulo) = kuhle
- I-Goodbye = ku- heri / ku- herini (ngaphezulu kweyodwa peson)
- Khangela kamva = tutaonana
- Ndikulungele ukukuhlangabeza = nafurahi kukuona
- Goodnight = lala salama
ZoLuntu
- Ewe = yile
- Akukho = akukho
- Siyabonga = njenjalo
- Ndiyabonga kakhulu = nithanda kakhulu
- Nceda = nceda
- Kulungile = okufanayo
- Ndithethelele = samahani
- Uyamkelekile = udibene
- Ungandinceda? = nceda, naomba uncedo
- Ungubani igama lakho? = ngubani igama lakho?
- Igama lam = igama lami langu
- Uvelaphi? = unatoka wapi?
- Ndivela ... = natokea ...
- Ngamana ndingathabatha umfanekiso? = naomba kupiga umfanekiso
- Uyasithetha isingesi? = unasema isiNgisi?
- Ngaba uthetha isiSwahili? = unasema Xhosa?
- Kancane kancane = ncinane nje!
- Ungathini ngesiSwahili? = unasemaje ... kwi-Swahili
- Andiqondi = sielewi
- Umhlobo = umhlobo
Ukuba sekujikelezeni
- Iphi i...? = ni wapi ...?
- Isikhumulo sezindiza = i- airport
- Isiteshini sebhasi = stesheni ya basi
- Ukuhamba kwebhasi = i- bas stendi
- Iteksi yokuma = itekisi yeeteksi
- Isitishi Station = stesheni ya treni
- Ibhanki = ibhanki
- I-Market = market
- Isikhululo samapolisa = kituo cha polisi
- Ifowuni = ifowuni
- Ofisi yezoKhenketho = iofisi ye-watali
- Umkhumbi / indlu yokuhlambela = i- choo
- Lilixesha lini ... ukushiya? = isondoka saa ... ngapi?
- Ibhasi = ke
- I-minibus = matatu (Kenya); dalla dalla (eTanzania)
- Isicwangciso = iplani
- Qeqesha = itekisi / i-gari la moshi
- Ngaba ibhasi iya ku ...? = kuna basi ya ...?
- Ndingathanda ukuthenga ithikithi = nataka ukuthenga tikiti
- Ngaba kufuphi = ni kufuphi?
- Ingaba kude kakhulu?
- Kukho = apho
- Phezu kwelo = libala
- Itikiti = tikiti
- Uyaphi? = unakwenda wapi?
- Ingakanani ihambayo? = nauli ni kiasi gani?
- Ihotele = hotele
- Igumbi = ikamelo
- Ukugcinwa = akiba
- Ngaba zikho na izithuba zokulala namhlanje? = mna nafasi leo usiko? (IKenya: iko indawo namhlanje ebusuku?)
- Akukho zithuba = indawo ye-hamna. (EKenya: akukho ndawo)
- Ingaba yimalini ngobusuku? = yiyiphi ibenzi ebusuku?
Imihla kunye neNombolo
- Namhlanje = namhlanje
- Ngomso = kesho
- Izolo = jana
- Ngoku = = ngoku
- Kamva = emva
- Yonke imihla = nganye imihla
- NgoMvulo = Jumatatu
- NgoLwesibini = NgoJumanne
- NgoLwesithathu = Jumatano
- NgoLwesine = iAlhamisi
- NgoLwesihlanu = IJumaa
- Umgqibelo = iJumamosi
- NgeCawa = ngeJumapili
- 1 = eyodwa
- 2 = ezimbini
- 3 = ezintathu
- 4 = ezine
- 5 = yesihlanu
- 6 = six
- 7 = saba
- 8 = eight
- 9 = tisa
- 10 = kumi
- 11 = kumi na enye (ishumi kunye nelinye)
- 12 = i- kumi ne-ezimbini (ishumi kunye neyesibini)
- 20 = iesine
- 21 = ishirni na moja (amabini anesibini)
- 30 = amashumi amathathu
- 40 = arobaini
- 50 = i- hamsini
- 60 = i sitini
- 70 = sabini
- 80 = themanini
- 90 = iisini
- 100 = mia
- 200 = iimitha ezimbini
- 1000 = elfu
- 100,000 = laki
Ukutya kunye neNxila
- Ndiyathanda = nataka
- Ukutya = ukutya
- Etshisayo / ebandayo = ye moto / epholile
- Amanzi = amanzi
- Amanzi amanzi = amanzi ya moto
- Ukusela amanzi = amanzi ya kunywa
- Soda = soda
- Ubhiya = ibhiya
- Ubisi = maziwa
- Inyama = inyama
- Inkukhu = inyama kuku
- Intlanzi = i- sumaki
- Inyosi = inyama yenkomo
- Iziqhamo = iziqhamo
- Imifuno = imifino
ZeMpilo
- Ndingafumana phi ... = naweza fumana ... wapi?
- Ugqirha = daktari / mganga
- Isibhedlele = esibhedlele
- Iziko lempilo = unyango
- Ndiyagula = mna ndigula
- Ndifuna udokotela = nataka ukubona daktari
- Kubuhlungu apha = naumwa lapha
- Ifiva = ihama
- Malariya = i- melaria
- Inambuzane yomnatha = i- chandalua
- Intloko = umwa kichwa
- I-diarrhea = i- harisha / i-endesha
- Ukuvota = tapika
- Amachiza = amagciwane
Izilwanyana
- Izilwanyana = imfuyo
- Buffalo = nyati / mbogo
- Cheetah = duma / chita
- Cow = negombe
- Indlovu = tembo / ndovuh
- Ijirafi = i- twiga
- Imbuzi = imbuzi
- Hippo = kiboko
- Hyena = fisi
- I-Leopard = ithui
- Inkunzi = amandla
- I-Rhino = i- kifaru
- Warthog = ngiri
- Wildebeest = i- nyumbu
- I-Zebra = ipunda milia
Eli nqaku lahlaziywa nguJessica Macdonald ngoDisemba 8 ka-2017.