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🇰🇪 Common Swahili adjectives

Big and small, hot and cold, good and bad. Adjectives come in pairs, so they are laid out that way here. The adverbs follow. Press any line to hear it.

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Opposites

WaziOpen
ImefungwaClosed
MpyaNew
Ya zamaniOld (thing)
NzitoHeavy
NyepesiLight (weight)
Ndefu / juuTall / high
FupiShort (height)
HarakaQuick
PolepoleSlow

Describing Things

Mpya kabisaBrand new
ImeharibikaBroken
NzitoHeavy
NyepesiLight
PanaWide
NyembambaNarrow
KinaDeep
KifupiShallow
DuaraRound
MrabaSquare / angular

Adverbs

HarakaQuickly
PolepoleSlowly
Kwa utulivuQuietly
VizuriCarefully / well
PamojaTogether
Peke yakeAlone
TenaAgain
KaribuAlmost
DaimaAlways
Mara mojaImmediately

Common Adjectives

KubwaBig
NdogoSmall
NzuriGood
MbayaBad
MotoHot
BaridiCold (weather)
MpyaNew
KuukuuOld (things)
MaridadiBeautiful
HarakaFast
PolepoleSlow
RahisiEasy