Grammar Review Questions

1. How to initiate a conversation and exchange greetings/polite expressions:

    a) How do you greet someone in Kiswahili?

    b) What common polite expressions are used when meeting someone for the first time?

    c) Can you introduce yourself in Kiswahili?

2. How to identify people in conversation/personal pronouns:

    a) What are personal pronouns, and how are they used in Kiswahili?

    b) How do you say "I," "you," "he," "she," "we," "they", "you all"  in Kiswahili?

    c) Give examples of sentences using personal pronouns in Kiswahili.

3. Verbs :

    a) Name some common verbs in Kiswahili.

    b) Provide examples of sentences using verbs.

4. Tenses and negations:

    a) What are the different tenses used in Kiswahili?

    b) How do you form negative sentences in Kiswahili?

    c) Give examples of sentences using different tenses and negations in Kiswahili.

5. Identifying family members:

    a) How do you say "mother," "father," "brother," "sister," "son," and "daughter" in Kiswahili?

    b) Describe your family members in Kiswahili.

    c) What are some other family-related terms commonly used in Kiswahili?

6. Possessives:

    a) How do you say "my," "your," "his/her," "our," "belonging to you all" and "their" in Kiswahili?

    b) Write examples of sentences using possessives in Kiswahili?

7. Verb 'to be':

    a) How do you conjugate the verb 'to be' in the different tenses in Kiswahili?

    b) How do you form negative sentences with the verb 'to be' in Kiswahili?

    c) Translate the following into Kiswahili:

    1. It is cold 

    2. Yesterday was not cold

    3. Tomorrow will not be cold

    4. These plates are expensive 

    5. My son was sick

    6. My son was not sick

    7. He is a good cook

    8. He is not a good cook

    9. He has been a good cook

    10. He has not been a good cook

 

8. Verb 'to have'

    a) How do you conjugate the verb 'to have' in the different tenses in Kiswahili?

    b) How do you form negative sentences with the verb 'to have' in Kiswahili?

    c) Can you provide examples of sentences using the verb 'to have' in different tenses in Kiswahili?

    d) Translate to Kiswahili:

    1. He/She has a good driver.

    2. Their grandmother has a good smile.

    3. They have several bags of onions.

    4. That town has few buildings.

    5. I will have a good life.

    6. The cat does not have any food.

    7. Do you have a bag?

    8. I have money.