Swahili I/Grammar/Lesson 1 Exercises

Exercise 1, Ngeli
Study the noun classes and do the quiz.

{ What is the plural of mwaka (cl. 3)? { miwaka (i) }
 * type="{}"}

{ What is the singular form of watu (cl. 2)? { mtu (i) }
 * type="{}"}

{ What are the prefices for the gerund noun class (cl. 15)? { ku-, kw- (i) }
 * type="{}"}

{ What is the plural prefix of a noun beginning with n- (cl. 9)? { n- (i) }
 * type="{}"}

{ What do abstractions usually begin with (cl. 14)? { u- (i) }
 * type="{}"}

{ What is the plural of chuo (cl. 7)? { vyuo (i) }
 * type="{}"}

Exercise 2, Pronouns
I love you. -1- na -2- penda. You love me. -3- na -4- penda. We see him. -5- na -6- ona. He sees us. -7- na -8- ona.

Answers

 * 1) Ni-
 * 2) -ku-
 * U-
 * 1) -ni-
 * 2) Tu-
 * 3) -mw-
 * A-
 * 1) -tu-