Learn Swahili - Part One: The Kitchen

You can learn Swahili at Bongo Camping. But we have also made a little course in 5 parts which we will post here.
Picture from a Swahili-English tandem course class at Bongo Camping:

Swahili Course Part One (JI-MA NOUN CLASS):
PRACTICE SWAHILI IN THE KITCHEN

Grammatical themes:

THE JI-MA NOUN CLASS:

In sentences with Ji-Ma nouns the often used sound-unit in singular is -li- (as the ly-sound in ´holy´), and in plural -ya- (as the german word for yes, ´ja´).

Examples: Fruit = tunda
Fruits: ma-tunda
The fruit falls down =
Tunda li-naanguka chini
(fruit it-is-falling down)
The fruits are lying on the table =
Matunda ya-na-kaa mezani
(Fruits they-are-lying the-table-on)


PRESENT TENSE and PERSONAL PRONOUNS:

The present tense article is –na-. Example: He is running = Yeye a-na-kimbia
(he he-is-running)

In negation the present tense article disappars and the last vowel changes to –i.
Example: He is not running = Yeye ha-kimbii
(he is not-running)
I = mimi

You = wewe

He/she/it = yeye

We = sisi

You = ninyi

They = wao


Course Part One, exercises:
After practicing on the above mentioned grammatical features, go to stand in the kitchen and touch or point to the things mentioned in the sentences while repeating them:

This is a fruit = Hi-li ni tunda
(this is fruit)

These are fruits = Ha-ya ni ma-tunda
(these are fruits)

The eggs are lying inside the refrigeator = Ma-yai ya-na-kaa ndani ya friji
(eggs they are lying inside of refrigeator)

The egg is being boiled = Yai li-na-chemka
(egg it-is-being-boiled)

You like oranges = Wewe u-na-ya-penda machungwa
(you you-are-them-like oranges)

He peels the orange = Yeye a-na-li-menya chungwa
(he he-is-it-peels orange)

I open the window = Mimi na-li-fungua dirisha
(I I-am-it-open window)

They stand by the windows = Wao wa-na-simama madirisha-ni
(they they-are-standing windows by)

We are cooking = Sisi tu-na-pika chakula
(we we-are-cooking food)

You are cooking = Ninyi m-na-pika chakula
(You you-are-cooking food)