Swahili lesson part 1

 

If you want to learn a bit Swahili then this is the oppertunity for you to learn Swahili. Updated every month you can print out your own swahili guide.

If you want to learn Swahili you should learn it from native speakers or people who have learned it at school and use it as their primary means of communication.

To pronounce the letters:

 Swahili part 2
 Swahili part 3
 Swahili part 4

 

 Towels:            

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 a          baba like a a in father but halfway towards bat

 e          like e in get i           like ee in see
o          like o in olé but lips kept well apart throughout the sound
u          lile oo in tooth

 Consonants

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 b          like in book
 d          like in day
 f           like in father
 g          like in get
 h          like in hot
 j           like in job
 k          like in keep
 l           like in like
 m         like in make
 n          like in no
 p          like in pot
 r           like in carrot
 s           like in soft
 t           like in bat
 v           like in voice
 w          like in wait
 y           like in yet
 z           like in zoo

ch        like ch in chopdh        like ch in this
gh        like ch in Scots loch
kh        like ch Scots loch or German bach
ng        like ng in song
ny        like n in new and n in onion
sh        like sh in ship
th         like th in thin