Swahili For Dummies

Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Swahili 7 Chapter 1: The Swahili You Already Know 9 Chapter 2: Getting Started with Basic Expressions 19 Chapter 3: Navigating Nouns and Pronouns in Swahili 35 Chapter 4: Adding Action to Your Words: Verbs 57 Chapter 5: Getting Your Numbers and Dates Right 81 Part 2: Swahili in Action 111 Chapter 6: Making Small Talk 113 Chapter 7: Finding Your Way 131 Chapter 8: Eating in and Dining Out 145 Chapter 9: Using Technology to Keep in Touch. 157 Chapter 10: Shopping Made Easy 173 Chapter 11: Dressing Your Best 187 Chapter 12: Swahili at Work 199 Part 3: Swahili on the Go 213 Chapter 13: Planning a Safari 215 Chapter 14: Getting Around: Planes, Trains, Taxis, Buses, and More 229 Chapter 15: Arranging Accommodations 243 Chapter 16: Taking Care of Your Health 261 Part 4: The Part of Tens 275 Chapter 17: Ten Common Swahili Proverbs and Their Meanings 277 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Pick Up Swahili Quickly 283 Chapter 19: Ten Words You Should Never Say in Swahili 287 Part 5: Appendixes 291 Appendix A: Swahili Noun Classes 293 Appendix B: Swahili Verbs 297 Appendix C: Swahili-English Mini-Dictionary 311 Appendix D: Answer Key 329 Index 335

Seline Ayugi Okeno was born and raised in Siaya, Kenya. She holds a B.Ed. Arts from Maseno University in Kenya and an M.A. in Applied Lin-guistics from Ohio University. She is currently a Swahili and English Teaching Fellow at The University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Asmaha Heddi hails from Arusha, Tanzania. She is a Kiswahili lecturer at the University of Kansas. She holds a B.A. from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University.