Download or read book Swahili People and Their Language written by Dainess Mashiku Maganda and published by Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2014-03-22 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is a testament to what happened to a people or a place. It shows how things were and their transformation while explaining why the changes happened. Not only does history allow human beings to trace their trajectory in dealing with specific issues they face in the affairs of making a living, it also highlights movements between people around the world while showing their role in creating systems still in place today. History reveals to us major contributors of the trading systems along the east coast of Africa, documenting the role of the Swahili people and their interactions with different people of the world.The Swahili People and Their Language discusses ways in which the Swahili people came to occupy a prominent position in the world's trading system and how they lost their wealth through their contact with the outside world. The book highlights the strategic position occupied by the Swahili people, their natural resources, their skills and their rich cultural mix and how the contact with the outside world played a major influence that is clearly noticeable to date. The book contributes to the on-going discussion about Africans and their participation in today's development and reminds readers that the creation of the current economic, social and political situation of the Swahili people mirrors the history and positioning of many other formerly independent societies that became colonized nation-states. The authors provide discussions that shade light on critical questions such as: Who are the Swahili people and why are they important? Is there such a thing as a Swahili Civilization? If so, what is it and how does it relate to modern civilization? What place does the Swahili language occupy both in its history and usage on the continent and in the rest of the world?
Download or read book A Handbook of the Swahili Language written by Edward Steere and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Swahili Learner s Book written by Emanuel Michael Kulaya and published by Emanuel Michael Kulaya. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essential book for Swahili learners, It applies simple methods that will be easy to anyone. You can use this book to build your foundation especially on Swahili verbs and how to change them according to time. It also give out the most useful Swahili Verbs from letter A to letter Z.The book also explain three best methods that you can use to be fluent in Swahili as soon as possible. Whoever purchase this book will never regret since is small book with great contents.
Download or read book A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar written by Edward Steere and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jambo Means Hello written by Muriel L. Feelings and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the reader to words in Swahili, the language spoken across more of Africa than any other language. Author Muriel Feelings states in her introduction: żThere is a Swahili proverb that says: 'Haba na haba hujaza kibabaż: Little by little fills the measure. It is hoped that through this introduction to Swahili, children of African ancestry will seek to learn more little by littleż, through available books, people, and travel.ż In fact, children of any ancestry will also enjoy learning the Swahili words presented here. Tom Feelingsż sepia-toned illustrations of life in Africa are subtle yet luminous. Includes a map of the continent of Africa, showing countries where Swahili is spoken. żA lyrical song of Swahili life.ż żSuperbly beautiful.ż A Caldecott Honor Book.
Download or read book The Swahili written by Derek Nurse and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."—International Journal of African Historical Studies
Download or read book The Acquisition of Swahili written by Kamil Ud Deen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is the first study of the acquisition of Swahili as a first language. It focuses on the acquisition of inflectional affixes, with a particular emphasis on subject agreement and tense. Other inflectional affixes are also investigated, including object agreement and mood. The study surveys the adult dialect in question, Nairobi Swahili, discussing social, phonological, morphological and syntactic properties. Data, analyses and copious examples are presented of the naturalistic speech of four Swahili speaking children. The data are tested against six influential theories of child language, and the results show that processing and metrical theories of telegraphic speech fail to account for the observed patterns, while grammatical theories of child language fair significantly better. The data and analyses presented in this book are indispensable for linguists and psychologists interested in the acquisition of inflectional material and other cross-linguistic properties of child language.
Download or read book Colloquial Swahili written by Lutz Marten and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authentic, contemporary language Plenty of exercises Clear and concise grammar explanations Accompanied by audio material
Download or read book Swahili Grammar and Workbook written by Fidèle Mpiranya and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swahili Grammar and Workbook provides a practical and comprehensive companion to Swahili grammar, filling in gaps left by other textbooks. Presenting the essentials of Swahili grammar in a highly accessible fashion, it reduces complex language topics to helpful rules and mnemonic aids, enabling maximum grammar retention and accurate usage. Grammar points are followed by multiple examples and exercises, allowing students to consolidate and practice their learning. No prior knowledge of linguistic terminology is required. Key features include: Twenty five language notes covering key topics such as: personal pronouns; the Swahili noun class system; special class combinations; the imperative, the subjunctive, and the conditional moods; the use of comparatives; the use of monosyllabic verbs; the passive form and various other forms of verb extensions; the relative clause Clear, detailed and jargon-free grammatical explanations supported by an assortment of helpful diagrams, charts and tables and many relevant and up-to-date examples A wide range of communication-oriented exercises to reinforce learning and develop students’ ability to use Swahili actively Audio files to support pronunciation practice, clearly linked to relevant sections of the book and available for free download at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138808263/ Four appendices, Swahili-English and English-Swahili vocabulary lists, a bibliography and an index presented at the back of the book for easy access to information. Written by a highly experienced instructor, Swahili Grammar and Workbook will be an essential resource for all students and teachers of Swahili. It is suitable for use both as a companion reference text in language courses and as a standalone text in independent grammar classes.
Download or read book Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels written by Oswald Almasi and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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. The most comprehensive grammar book currently available, some of the concepts covered in this book are greetings, numerals, telling the time, the Noun Class system, simple tenses such the past, present and future, adjectives and possessives. The book then progresses to more complex concepts such as Direct and Reported Speech, various verb typologies, other tenses, prepositions and conjunctions, adverbs and relative pronouns. Each chapter includes many examples and sample sentences, easy to read charts, practice questions, answers to the practice questions, and a list of new vocabulary used within the chapter. On completing this book, the reader will be able to read, write and converse in Swahili with confidence.
Download or read book Moja Means One written by Muriel L. Feelings and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1987-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A counting book that gives a beautiful tribute to the heritage of east Africa.
Download or read book A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar written by Edward Steere (Missionary Bishop of Central Africa.) and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Swahili Made Easy written by J. F. Safari and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handy book is a beginner̐ưs complete course in the Swahili language, designed especially for foreigners. The book is a result of the author̐ưs many years of teaching experience. It is divided into two parts: part one covers pronunciation; Swahili greetings and manners; classification of nouns; adjectives, verbs, adverbs, etc. in twenty-eight lessons and thirty-six exercises. part two includes a study of Swahili usage in specific situations (e.g. at home, in the market, on the road, at the airport, etc.); eleven further lessons and thirteen exercises; the key to the exercises in Parts One an.
Download or read book Kiswahili Msingi Wa Kusema Kusoma Na Kuandika written by Thomas J. Hinnebusch and published by Rlpg/Galleys. This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive manual intended to teach students the basics of communicating in Swahili at an elementary level. It is designed to teach major communicative skills such as speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Moreover, the text strives to impart fundamental knowledge about East African and Swahili culture.
Download or read book Love is Kind written by Kadebe Debe and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a moving and glorious picture book story about an owl who finds his own voice and confidence to encourage others, with sweet and simple illustrations to make every child's heart smile.With gorgeous pictures this timely, inspiring book is simple in its message of expressing kindness to others.
Download or read book Swahili for the Broken hearted written by Peter Moore and published by Random House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Question: What do you do when you're dumped by the Girl Next Door? Answer: Throw yourself into another madcap adventure and travel from Cape Town to Cairo... A week after breaking up with the GND (his travelling companion through Central America) Peter Moore heads off to Africa to lose himself for a while. In the grand tradition of 19th-century scoundrelas, explorers and romantics, Africa strikes him as the ideal place to find solitude and anonymity in the face of a personal crisis. What follows is Peter's journey from one end of the Dark Continent to the other. Travelling the fabled Cape Town to Cairo route by any means of transport he can blag (or if he must, pay) his way onto, it's an epic trek that sees our intrepid Antipodean experience everything from the southernmost city in Africa to the Pyramids, vast game parks and thundering falls, cosmopolitan cities and tiny villages as he journeys through the very heart of Africa. And travelling on his own, it's inevitable that Peter falls in with a motley cast of characters and has a myriad misadventures: including coming face to face with a wild Hyena with very bad breath, crossing the treacherous Sani Pass, the highest in Africa, narrowly escaping a riot by hiding in a coffin shop, saving oil-covered Penguins in South Africa, acting as an extra in a WW2 epic, not to mention dodging 20,000 single woman trying to catch the eye of the king of Swaziland during the annual Reed Dance. And then there was the time when he was kicked out of Robert Mugabe's birthday bash at gunpoint...
Download or read book Simplified Swahili written by Peter Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
