Greetings and
Pleasantries
Numbers
Food
Miscellaneous
Jambo/sijambo (general greeting)
Salama (general greeting)
Habari (Habari Yako/Habari Gani) (what’s new/what’s new with you)
Nzuri (good)
Mambo (how’s it going)
Poa (Poa Kchizi Com Ndizi) (cool/cool crazy like a banana)
Lala Salama (good night)
Kwa Heri (good bye)
Asante sana (thank you very much)
Karibu (karibuni -- Plural) (Karibu tena) (welcome or your welcome) (welcome back)
Afya (cheers/God bless you/lit: health)
Safari njema (have a good trip)
Moja (one)
Mbili (two)
Tatu (three)
Nne (four)
Tano (five)
Sita (six)
Saba (seven)
Nane (eight)
Tisa (nine)
Kumi (ten)
Mia (hundred)
Elfu (thousand)
Samaki (fish)
Kuku (chicken)
Ugali (maize porridge)
Ndizi (banana)
Chungwa (orange)
Piri piri manga (black pepper)
Mayai (eggs)
Chipsi (fries)
Nyama (meat)
Wali (rice)
Andanzi (fried dough)
Samosa (stuffed turnover)
Chapati (fried flat bread)
Chai (tea)
Kahawa (coffee)
Sukari (sugar)
Pipi (candy)
Blue bandi (margarine)
Mimi (me)
Wewe (you)
Mzungu (white person)
Twende (Twendene -- plural) (let’s go)
Jina lako nani (what’s your name?)
Ni bie gani (how much is it?)
Hatari (danger)
Sigara (cigarette)
Simba (lion)
Twiga (giraffe)
Safari (trip)
Sawa (OK)
Sisemi Kiswahili (I don’t speak Swahili)
Ingereza (English)
Pole pole (slowly)
Dalla dalla (mini-bus)
Maji ya moto/baridi (water – hot/cold)
Duka la dawa (pharmacy)
Choo (toilet)
Bafu (bath)
Kaka (brother)
Kinisa (church)