Noun classes by Adam Rodgers Johns https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw This is a space for you to collaboratively mind map singular/plural patterns you notice in Swahili: nouns, meanings, grammatical structures etc. Please feel free to comment on each other’s posts with further examples/more information. You can continue to add to the mind map as you learn new vocabulary/grammar! en-us 2021-05-10 09:44:08 UTC 2026-01-25 11:25:02 UTC hello@padlet.com M/wa adamrodgersjohns https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw/wish/1508436678 Living beings/humans  
Singular m-
Plural wa-

Example nouns:
Mtu/watu - person/people
Mwanafunzi/wanafunzi - student/students
Motto/watoto - child /children
Mpishi/wapishi- cook(s)
Mgonjwa/wagonjwa - sick person/patient
Mzee/wazee - elderly person(s)
Mtumishi/watumishi - servant(s)
Make/wake - wife/wives
Msichana/wasichana - girl(s)
Mdudu/wadudu - insect(s)
Mwanamke/wanawake - woman/women
Mwanaume/wanaume - man/men
Mwana/wana - son(s)
]]> 2021-05-10 09:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw/wish/1508436678 Ki/vi https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw/wish/1510431331 Singular ki-
Plural vi-

Example nouns:
Kijiji/vijiji - village/villages
Kitabu/vitabu - book/s
chakula/vyakula - food/food
Kijana/vijana - youth(s)
Kifaru/vifaru - rhino(s)
Kipofu/vipofu - blind person(s)
Kiziwi/viziwi - deaf person (s)
Choo/vyoo - toilet(s)

]]> 2021-05-10 18:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw/wish/1510431331 M/Mi https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw/wish/1510443760 Singular m-
Plural mi-
Trees and body parts

Example nouns:
mfano/mifano - example(s)
msikiti/misikiti - mosque/mosques
mchezo/michezo - games/games
mnanasi/minanasi - pineapple (s)
mnazi/minazi - coconut palm (s)
mbuyu/mimbuyu - baobab tree(s)
mmea/mimea - plant(s)
mgahawa/migahawa - restaurant(s)
mgomba/migomba - baobab tree(s)
msitu/misitu - forest(s)
mgahawa/migahawa - restaurant(s)
mboga/miboga - vegetable(s)
mkasi/mikasi -  scissors
mfuko/mifuko - bag(s)
mguu/miguu- leg(s)
mkopo/mikono - arm(s)
mfanyikazi/wafanyikazi - workman/workmen]]> 2021-05-10 18:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw/wish/1510443760 / Ma https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw/wish/1510452907 Fruit
Singular 
Plural ma-

Example nouns:
embe/maembe - mango/mangoes
parachichi/maparachichi - avocado/avocados 
shamba/mashamba - field(s)
Jiko/majiko - stove(s)
Zao/mazao- crop(s)
Saa/masaa - hour(s)
Vuno/mavuno - harvest(s)
Jicho/macho - eye(s)
Yai/mayai - egg(s)

]]> 2021-05-10 18:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw/wish/1510452907 Same singular/plural https://padlet.com/adamrodgersjohns/79rlw5nct0ohcqvw/wish/1510468056 Includes most loan words and some living beings
N- nouns 

Example nouns:
Nguo - clothes
Mbwa - dog/s
Shule - school(s)
Televisheni - TV
Ndizi - banana(s)
Nyumba - house(s)

Adjective agreements:
ndizi nyingi - many bananas
kofia nzuri mpya - good new hat

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