Learn Good Swahili: Volume 3 of 3: English-Swahili Dictionary

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Learn Good Swahili: Volume 3 of 3: English-Swahili Dictionary with built-in mini-Thesaurus

Learn Good Swahili is presented in 3 volumes:

Volume 1: A Complete Grammar. 347 pages.

Volume 2: 4,500+ words Swahili-English Dictionary. 341 pages. Includes a built-in mini-thesaurus. *,**see examples below.

Volume 3: 4,500+ words English-Swahili Dictionary. 396 pages. Includes a built-in mini-thesaurus. *,**see examples below.

Volume 1 contains step-by-step explanations of all features of Swahili grammar, with lots of examples and exercises, plus indexes. For anyone new to Swahili or wants to improve or brush up - whether you are a tourist, an expatriate, a volunteer, etc in East Africa - these are the books you need to enhance your experience there, for being able to communicate with locals in their language is always most satisfying.

All proceeds of this book will go to needy school children in Tanga, Tanzania where the author was born, grew up and finished high school.

*An example of a dictionary entry:

lingana Â Â v Â Â Â Â match e.g. kusoma kwa mtoto kunalingana umri wake, the childâ€™s reading matches her age

where "v" indicates verb. Note: All Swahili text in all volumes is italicized as seen above, to visually distinguish it from all the other English text.

**The built-in mini-thesaurus takes two forms:

(1) Related Words e.g. the entry for "abadan" has Related Words, as follows: ["F" = foreign-origin; "adv" = adverb]

abadan Â Â F Â Â adv Â Â Â always e.g. yeye abadan haridhi, he is never contented

Related Words:

baadaye, later/then

daima, always

halafu, then

huenda, sometimes

kabla ya, before

kamwe, never

kila mara, every time, always

kisha, afterwards

milele, forever

punde, shortly

sasa, now

zamani, earlier

(2) Words grouped under the following categories: body, building structure, fauna, food, person, produce, terrain, tool, utensil, vegetation (including flora) and for adjectives, colours e.g. some of the entries under body are, in alphabetical order in English: [entries in brackets such as "(m,mi)" = (singular, plural prefixes); "n" = noun; "V", "xFF", "xFV", "U", "T" are noun groups as explained in Volume 1, Chapter 3: Nouns]

mkono(m,mi) Â Â n body: arm Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â V

kwapa(-,ma) Â Â n body: armpit Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â xFF

mgongo(m,mi) Â n body: back Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â V

ndevu(-) Â Â Â Â Â n body: beard Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â xFV

mshipa(m,mi) Â n body: blood vessel Â Â Â Â V

...

mkia(m,mi) Â Â Â n body: tail Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â V

paja(-,ma) Â Â Â n body: thigh Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â xFF

koo(-,ma) Â Â Â Â n body: throat Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â xFF

ulimi(ul,nd) Â n body: tongue Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â U

mkonga(m,mi) Â n body: trunk (elephant) V

kiuno(ki,vi) Â n body: waist Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â T

(A total of over 70 entries under body)

Country	USA
Author	Zahir K. Dhalla
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781548004859
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Kitabu Publications, Toronto (A division of 1304266 Ontario Inc.)
Manufacturer	Kitabu Publications, Toronto (A division of 1304266 Ontario Inc.)
NumberOfPages	403
PublicationDate	2017-06-09
Publisher	Kitabu Publications, Toronto (A division of 1304266 Ontario Inc.)
ReleaseDate	2017-06-09
Studio	Kitabu Publications, Toronto (A division of 1304266 Ontario Inc.)

Learn Good Swahili: Volume 3 of 3: English-Swahili Dictionary with built-in mini-Thesaurus

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