Everyday greetings, farewells, names, origins, and simple polite exchanges.
Recognize and use everyday Swahili greetings such as hujambo, habari, and habari za asubuhi. Choose natural replies like sijambo, nzuri, salama, and marahaba.
Translate words from your previous vocabulary lesson.
Use common goodbye phrases such as kwaheri, tutaonana, baadaye, and usiku mwema. Match farewells to casual and polite situations.
Read sentences using words you recently learned.
Listen to sentences using words you recently learned.
Use polite expressions like tafadhali, asante, asante sana, samahani, karibu, and pole. Choose the right phrase for thanking, apologizing, welcoming, and getting attention.
Ask and answer about names with Unaitwa nani?, Ninaitwa..., and Jina langu ni.... Use Huyu ni... to introduce another person.
Build simple identity sentences with mimi, wewe, yeye, and ni. Contrast affirmative sentences like Mimi ni Amina with negative sentences using si.
Recognize and use Swahili subject prefixes in simple introduction verbs: nina-, una-, ana-, and tuna-. Build forms like ninaitwa, unatoka, and tunatoka.
Ask and answer where someone is from with Unatoka wapi? and Ninatoka.... Use place words for countries and cities in simple origin statements.
Use key question words for introductions: nani, wapi, and vipi. Build questions like Unaitwa nani?, Unatoka wapi?, and Hali yako vipi?
Use my and your in common introduction phrases such as jina langu, jina lako, hali yangu, and hali yako. Choose the right possessive form with familiar greeting nouns.
Review this chapter with practice based on your mistakes.
