Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels

This comprehensive book is intended for university students and anyone interested in learning Standard Swahili grammar as spoken in the East African Community of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. On completing this book, the reader will be able to read, write and converse in Swahili with confidence.

ForewordAcknowledgments and Dedication1. About the Swahili Language2. The Alphabet, Pronunciation, and Common Mistakes3. Personal Subject Prefixes, Personal Pronouns andTheir Negations4. Swahili Greetings5. Present and Future Tenses and Their Negations6. Simple Past and Past Perfect Tenses and Their Negations7. The Swahili Noun Class System: M-/WA- and M-/MI8. Swahili Noun Classes: JI-/MA- Class and KI-/VI- Class9. Swahili Noun Classes: N- and U- 8110. Swahili Noun Classes: PA- and KU- and Noun Class Agreement11. Object Infixes12. Possessives13. Adjectives14. Demonstratives15. Comparatives and Superlatives16. Question Words, Phrases and Statements17. The Verbs 'To Be,' 'To Have' and 'To Be in a Place'18. Numbers19. More About Swahili Numbers20. Telling the Time in Swahili21. Days, Months, and Dates in Swahili22. Adverbs23. Passive Form of the Verb24. Stative Form of the Verb25. Causative Form of the Verb26. Prepositional Form of the Verb27. Reciprocal Form of the Verb28. Relatives-The amba- Relative, Relative Infixesand General Relative29. Relatives-Manner, Time and Place30. Imperatives Verbs and Their Negations31. -KA- Tense and Negation32. Conditional Tenses: -nge-, -ngali- and -ki- Tenses and Their Negations33. Additional Tenses and Their Negations34. Prepositions and Conjunctions35. Common Swahili Questions and Answers36. Interjections, Idiomatic Expressions and Impersonal Subjects37. Subjunctives38. Diminutive, Augmentative and Collective Nouns39. Direct and Reported Speech40. Swahili Proverbs41. Appendix: Important Charts42. Swahili Vocabulary DictionaryAbout the Authors