Unit 1

Somo La Kwanza
Maamkio: Greetings

Original Audio (based on 1988 edition of textbook)

Mazungumzo

1. Listen to the whole dialog

2. Repeat after one speaker

3. Repeat after two speakers

Mazoezi

1. Zoezi la kwanza

2. Zoezi la pili

3. Zoezi la tatu

4. Zoezi la nne

Supplementary Audio (for 2001 edition of textbook)

Mazungumzo

(a female speaker is reading the part of one of the male speakers in these dialogs)
1a. Listen to version 1 of the dialog

1b. Repeat after the speakers

2a. Listen to version 2 of the dialog

2b. Repeat after the speakers

Vocabulary

Vocabulary list part 1

Vocabulary list part 2

Mazungumzo (1988 version)

The text is included here to aid students using the 2001 edition of the text with the original audio based on the 1988 edition. Copyright Sharifa Zawawi.

Daudi: Hodi.
Fatuma: Karibu.
Daudi: Hujambo mama?
Fatuma: Sijambo bwana. Habari za asubuhi?
Daudi: Njema.
Fatuma: Tafadhali kaa kitako.
Daudi: Ahsante. Jina lako nani?
Fatuma: Jina langu Fatuma.
Daudi: Kwaheri.
Fatuma: Kwaheri.

The web interface for "Online Audio for Kiswahili Kwa Kitendo" was created by the Five College Center for World Languages with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Educational institutions who wish to obtain a local institutional copy of the web interface and the audio files should contact the Center for more information.



Copyright for Kiswahili Kwa Kitendo is held by Sharifa Zawawi. The text is published by Africa World Press, Inc. The original audio tapes for the 1988 edition were prepared by Sharifa Zawawi. The web interface, digitized tapes and the supplementary recordings for the 2001 edition were prepared by the Five College Center for World Languages with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for expanding access to materials for the study of African languages.