Expressing places

Key Concept: in most cases when you want to communicate the place you are (or a place you are from , or a place you are going )   in Kiswahili you add “-ni” to the root vocabulary explaining about a particular place, these vocabularies are nouns- names of places.

We will primarily use three words for explanation, and as I told you, these are nouns,  particularly names of places;

     • Shule=School

     • Soko = Market

     • Nyumba = House/Home

Let see through examples/

Examples 

1. Word “shule”

       Shule.     =     School  

       Shuleni   =     At school

In sentence

      Upo wapi ?         = Where are you ?

      Nipo shuleni.  = I’m at school

2. Word “sokoni”

       Soko.     = Market

       Sokoni.  = At market

In sentence

       Upo wapi ?  = where are you ?

      Nipo sokoni = I’m at the market

3. Word ” Nyumba “

          Nyumba.      = House/Home

          Nyumbani.   = At home

MORE EXAMPLES

A.

Unaenda wapi ? = Where are you going ?

Ninaenda sokoni = I’m going to the market

B.

Unaenda wapi ? = Where are you going ?

Ninaenda nyumbani Lesotho = I’m going home Lesotho 

C.

Unatoka wapi ? = Where are you from ?

Ninatoka kanisani = I’m from church.

C. Unarudi wapi ? = Where are you returning to?

Ninarudi porini = I’m returning to the jungle.

Let me ask you a question ..

As you read this lesson right now ; UPO WAPI ?

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