Swahili Intermediate Course

Name: Swahili Intermediate Course
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Dig deeper in to Tenses, Negations, Conjunctions, Prepositions and more.Boost your vocabulary and confidence in speaking

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Created byHamid Athman

Last updated 8/2025

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What you'll learn

Construct a grammatically correct Swahili sentence
Properly pronounce Swahili verbs and nouns in their natural accent
Freely express themselves in Swahili using a variety of verbs, nouns and vocabulary
express themselves in different tenses in both positive and negative forms
use the possessive pronouns correctly in their sentences.

Course content

9 sections • 32 lectures • 1h 32m total length

Introduction1:30
The aim of this course is to help students construct correct sentences using the pronoun prefix + tense + verb + noun agreement ( ni + na + kula samaki = ninakula samaki ) , practice negation, possessive pronouns and general speaking & listening practice using a variety of vocabulary.
Sentence construction re-cap4:39
Pronoun prefix + tense maker + verb + noun agreement
Andika kwa wingi ( write in plural )
Andika kwa wingi ( write in plural ) 2
100 Swahili common phrases - AUDIO FLASHCARDS0:37
Reporting live from different “locations” (market, school, or community event)

Negations part 14:53
Negations happens in 2 ways in a Swahili sentence:

On the personal pronoun prefix and also the tense maker.
We will cover the following negations :

Negations within Personal pronouns

Negations within the Tenses
Irregular verb negations
Negations part 25:37
We will continue with Past Tense, Future Tense and habitual tense negations.
Negations Quiz
Negations practice
“Swahili Truth or Lie?” – Learning Negation in Real Conversations

Possessive Pronouns Recap4:44
A quick recap of the possessive pronouns on what was covered on the beginner course. See important rules regarding M-Wa class nouns, Family names and professionals.
Possessive pronouns practice 15:37
Lets now practice using the stems, possessive pronoun Noun-class table and the 3 exceptional rules.
Possessive pronouns practice 24:24
Dig deeper in possessive pronoun practice and master the concept.
Answers to Possessives Practice 25:19
check your understanding of the possessive pronouns practice 2
Possessive Pronouns Quiz
Possessives practice
Nyumbani Kwangu

LINI ( WHEN )2:10
Learn to use When? Why? who? what? which?
LINI [WHEN] - QUIZ
NGAPI ( HOW MANY )2:44
Know how to ask "how many"
Ngapi - Quiz
IPI ( WHICH )3:27
how to say which / which ones?
IPI - Quiz
NANI [who]1:10
how to ask "who are you?"
WAPI [where]0:53
Learn how to say where?
NINI [what]1:03
Learn to ask "what did you say?"
GANI [which / what kind]1:56
Learn how to ask which type? which kind?
KWA NINI [why]1:32
Learn how to ask why? for what reason?
MBONA [why]1:23
Learn to ask why is happened?
NA WEWE JE? [how about you]1:05
KWASABABU GANI [for what reason]1:56
Learn to ask "For what reason" ?
Virtual travel orientation center

CONCLUSION0:36
I hope you have benefit a lot from the lectures, materials, practice lessons and quizzes. If you have any questions, concerns or issues regarding any lesson kindly let me know and i will be happy to answer your questions.

Look out for the Swahili Advanced level coming out in the next 2 months. Asanteni sana na endeleeni kujifunza Kiswahili. Ni mimi mwalimu wenu hamdy, kwaherini!
The verb "NA' - to have

Requirements

Taken the Basic Swahili course
Student understands Swahili Pronouns and Tenses

Description

This is the bridge that will transition you from beginner to advance level. This will empower the student to express themselves freely and correctly in Swahili. involve yourself in the learning process by interacting with the materials and the author.

Get exposed to new nouns and verbs that will enhance your vocabulary and boost your confidence in expressing yourself freely in Swahili. Karibuni katika Swahili Intermediate course!

Who this course is for:

Swahili intermediate students
students who would like to practice speaking in Swahili
students who would like to enhance their grammar and listening skills

Swahili Intermediate Course

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Course content

INTRODUCTION AND RECAP4 lectures • 7min

CAN YOU TELL THE FUTURE, PAST AND PRESENT?3 lectures • 11min

HOW TO NEGATE IN SWAHILI?3 lectures • 11min

HOW TO MASTER THE POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS5 lectures • 20min

DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN "TO HAVE" & "TO BE"3 lectures • 8min

Interrogative Words [ viulizi ] HOW TO ASK A QUESTION IN SWAHILI?12 lectures • 19min

TIME [ wakati ]6 lectures • 10min

WEATHER & SEASONS - Is it cold or hot?3 lectures • 6min

CONCLUSION1 lecture • 1min

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