Swahili course 2008?
November 10, 2008 by Admin · 1 Comment
I’ m looking for a July course during which I want to learn Swahili. I’d like it to lead to a qualification of some sort, and either be one to one or with a group. Are there any courses anyone knows of at a college or a university: I cannot do the one year course at SOAS, and I already am following the Rosetta Stone course.
Thank you,
Katherine
Start with our recources section on learnswahili.net
Is there anyone who would like to learn Swahili, I'm eager to teach.?
October 20, 2008 by Admin · 5 Comments
There is a group on Yahoo called Swahili, which I have found has mostly beginners in the language. Some of them have asked me for help, but my own grammar is poor. I am certain that they would love for you to join that group and help teach them! For that matter, someone to correct my grammar would be nice.
Siku njema!
Play for Learning Kiswahili – My World
September 15, 2008 by Admin · 1 Comment
Play for Learning – My World is an educational software for children between the ages of 2 and 10. It is entertaining and very effective at teaching children Kiswahili as a first or second language.
The software develops the child’s numeracy and literacy skills and seamlessly merges children’s development of non-verbal skills and spatial recognition with the acquisition of Kiswahili through play.
Key features:
It has more than 400 words / statements that children need to learn during early years.
It has over 20 stimulating learning environments such as My Home, The Park, The City and more.
It contains simple suggestions for play / learning activities for adults to refer to.
It has animated textual prompts that encourage children to read.
It uses native Swahili children’s voices and has printable colouring frames
Children find Play for Learning – My World interesting and fun. They click away happily even with minimal instructions.
Duration : 0:1:39
Play for Learning Kiswahili – Shapes and Colours
September 15, 2008 by Admin · 1 Comment
The software teaches your child 2D, 3D shapes, colours and other objects in real life presented in Kiswahili and English.
It seamlessly merges children’s development of non-verbal skills and spatial recognition with the acquisition of Kiswahili through play.
Key features:
The software is very effective at teaching 2D, 3D shapes and Colours.
It helps to develop your child’s numeracy and artistic skills.
It has suggestions for play / learning activities for adults to refer to.
It has plenty of textual prompts that encourage children to read.
Play for Learning – Shapes and Colours uses native Swahili children speakers and has over 300 new words / statements to learn!
You can print your own colour chart to hang on the wall and as well print a variety of colouring frames
Age: 2-10 years
Duration : 0:5:55
Swahili-English Translation?
September 12, 2008 by Admin · 2 Comments
Leo wasauzi mtapiga
Aisee wasauzi mna gundu, sijawahi ona
What do these mean?
Hello friend of Earth.
Are you a foreigner to mother Africa?
(I’m an expert in Swahili)
I need a translation from Swahili to English: Harusi Ni Furaha Sote Tufurahi?
August 16, 2008 by Admin · 1 Comment
I think it means: joy to everybody: we shall rejoice.
Is Swahili a particularly hard language to learn for an English-speaking person?
August 9, 2008 by Admin · 4 Comments
I know there are a lot of things that someone’s ability to learn a language depends on, but, as a whole, is Swahili fairly straightforward or overly complicated?
Cheers!
The sound system of Swahili is quite easy for an English-speaker to learn. The problem is that the grammar is very different. Where English and the other European languages use suffixes to do all the work, Swahili uses prefixes. It’s a very interesting system, but until you get used to it it will be difficult.
Swahili BBC
August 9, 2008 by Admin · Leave a Comment
When Learning kiswahili you could use BBC Swahili: a great option would be to read the news in Swahili with a dictionary or translator at hand.
BBC Swahili can be found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/.
SWAHILI LANGUAGE TEACHER PART 2
August 8, 2008 by Admin · 24 Comments
Interesting video on learning swahili :
The video teaches basic Kiswahili language for traveller. Eliminate the fear of learning Kiswahili because kiswahili has very few words to learn.
Duration : 0:8:44
How hard is swahili to learn?
August 6, 2008 by Admin · 5 Comments
I’m thinking about learning swahili? How hard is it to learn when english is my first language? Any other good language ideas for me? I want to be a linguist and a translator. I was thinking maybe Farsi…thanks!
It’s pretty hard to learn if you come from a purely English language backround. It is much easier to read than to speak. However, you should try learning French or perhaps some Latin.
check the how hard is Swahili to learn post for an answer to this question
Free Swahili Course
