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Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels : Sarufi Ya Kiswahili Cha Ngazi Ya Kwanza Na Kati.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : University Press of America, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (463 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780761863823
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate LevelsDDC classification:
  • 496.3925
LOC classification:
  • PL8702 -- .A46 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Swahili Grammar For Introductory And Intermediate Levels -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments and Dedication -- 1. About the Swahili Language -- 2. The Alphabet, Pronunciation, and Common Mistakes -- 3. Personal Subject Prefixes, Personal Pronouns and Their Negations -- 4. Swahili Greetings -- 5. Present and Future Tenses and Their Negations -- 6. Simple Past and Past Perfect Tenses and Their Negations -- 7. The Swahili Noun Class System: M-/WA- and M-/MI- -- 8. Swahili Noun Classes: JI-/MA- Class and KI-/VI- Class -- 9. Swahili Noun Classes: N- and U- -- 10. Swahili Noun Classes: PA- and KU- and Noun Class Agreement -- 11. Object Infixes -- 12. Possessives -- 13. Adjectives -- 14. Demonstratives -- 15. Comparatives and Superlatives -- 16. Question Words, Phrases and Statements -- 17. The Verbs 'To Be,' 'To Have' and 'To Be in a Place' -- 18. Numbers -- 19. More About Swahili Numbers -- 20. Telling the Time in Swahili -- 21. Days, Months, and Dates in Swahili -- 22. Adverbs -- 23. Passive Form of the Verb -- 24. Stative Form of the Verb -- 25. Causative Form of the Verb -- 26. Prepositional Form of the Verb -- 27. Reciprocal Form of the Verb -- 28. Relatives-The amba- Relative, Relative Infixes and General Relative -- 29. Relatives-Manner, Time and Place -- 30. Imperatives Verbs and Their Negations -- 31. -KA- Tense and Negation -- 32. Conditional Tenses: -nge-, -ngali- and -ki- Tenses and Their Negations -- 33. Additional Tenses and Their Negations -- 34. Prepositions and Conjunctions -- 35. Common Swahili Questions and Answers -- 36. Interjections, Idiomatic Expressions and Impersonal Subjects -- 37. Subjunctives -- 38. Diminutive, Augmentative and Collective Nouns -- 39. Direct and Reported Speech -- 40. Swahili Proverbs -- 41. Appendix: Important Charts -- 42. Swahili Vocabulary Dictionary -- About the Authors.
Summary: This comprehensive book is intended for university students and anyone interested in learning Standard Swahili grammar as spoken in the East African Community of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. On completing this book, the reader will be able to read, write and converse in Swahili with confidence.
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Swahili Grammar For Introductory And Intermediate Levels -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments and Dedication -- 1. About the Swahili Language -- 2. The Alphabet, Pronunciation, and Common Mistakes -- 3. Personal Subject Prefixes, Personal Pronouns and Their Negations -- 4. Swahili Greetings -- 5. Present and Future Tenses and Their Negations -- 6. Simple Past and Past Perfect Tenses and Their Negations -- 7. The Swahili Noun Class System: M-/WA- and M-/MI- -- 8. Swahili Noun Classes: JI-/MA- Class and KI-/VI- Class -- 9. Swahili Noun Classes: N- and U- -- 10. Swahili Noun Classes: PA- and KU- and Noun Class Agreement -- 11. Object Infixes -- 12. Possessives -- 13. Adjectives -- 14. Demonstratives -- 15. Comparatives and Superlatives -- 16. Question Words, Phrases and Statements -- 17. The Verbs 'To Be,' 'To Have' and 'To Be in a Place' -- 18. Numbers -- 19. More About Swahili Numbers -- 20. Telling the Time in Swahili -- 21. Days, Months, and Dates in Swahili -- 22. Adverbs -- 23. Passive Form of the Verb -- 24. Stative Form of the Verb -- 25. Causative Form of the Verb -- 26. Prepositional Form of the Verb -- 27. Reciprocal Form of the Verb -- 28. Relatives-The amba- Relative, Relative Infixes and General Relative -- 29. Relatives-Manner, Time and Place -- 30. Imperatives Verbs and Their Negations -- 31. -KA- Tense and Negation -- 32. Conditional Tenses: -nge-, -ngali- and -ki- Tenses and Their Negations -- 33. Additional Tenses and Their Negations -- 34. Prepositions and Conjunctions -- 35. Common Swahili Questions and Answers -- 36. Interjections, Idiomatic Expressions and Impersonal Subjects -- 37. Subjunctives -- 38. Diminutive, Augmentative and Collective Nouns -- 39. Direct and Reported Speech -- 40. Swahili Proverbs -- 41. Appendix: Important Charts -- 42. Swahili Vocabulary Dictionary -- About the Authors.

This comprehensive book is intended for university students and anyone interested in learning Standard Swahili grammar as spoken in the East African Community of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. On completing this book, the reader will be able to read, write and converse in Swahili with confidence.

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