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Learning the Swahili Adjectives displayed below is vital to the language. Swahili Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
While in English an adjective doesn’t change when the noun changes, in
Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Swahili Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | Vivumishi |
| a green tree | Mti wa kijani Kibichi |
| a tall building | Jengo ndefu |
| a very old man | mzee mkongwe/ mtu mzee sana |
| the old red house | Nyumba nyekundu iliozeeka sana |
| a very nice friend | rafiki mzuri sana |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Swahili.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Swahili placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Swahili vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Swahili Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | rangi |
| black | Nyeusi |
| blue | bluu |
| brown | hudhurungi |
| gray | kijivu |
| green | Kijani Kibichi |
| orange | Chungwa |
| purple | zambarau |
| red | nyekundu |
| white | nyeupe |
| yellow | manjano |
| sizes | Kimo/Vimo |
| big | Ukubwa |
| deep | kina kirefu |
| long | urefu |
| narrow | Wembamba |
| short | Ufupi |
| small | Udogo |
| tall | Urefu |
| thick | Unene |
| thin | Wembamba |
| wide | upana |
| shapes | maumbo |
| circular | mviringo |
| straight | unyofu |
| square | mraba |
| triangular | Pembe tatu |
| tastes | ladha |
| bitter | Chungu |
| fresh | upya |
| salty | chumvi |
| sour | chacha |
| spicy | chenye viungo |
| sweet | tamu |
| qualities | sifa |
| bad | mbaya |
| clean | safi |
| dark | giza |
| difficult | Ngumu |
| dirty | chafu |
| dry | kavu |
| easy | rahisi |
| empty | tupu |
| expensive | ghali |
| fast | Haraka |
| foreign | Geni |
| full | Jaa |
| good | Njema |
| hard | ngumu |
| heavy | nzito |
| inexpensive | Bei rahisi |
| light | Nyepesi |
| local | Kienyeji |
| new | Mpya |
| noisy | kelele |
| old | zee |
| powerful | hodari |
| quiet | tulivu |
| correct | sahihi |
| slow | polepole |
| soft | laini |
| very | sana |
| weak | dhaifu |
| wet | loa |
| wrong | makosa |
| young | Ujana |
| quantities | kiasi |
| few | Chache |
| little | kidogo |
| many | wengi |
| much | zaidi |
| part | sehemu |
| some | baadhi |
| a few | Chache |
| whole | nzima |
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