Swahili Nouns
SWAHILI LESSONS
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Swahili nouns, like those in other Bantu languages, are noted for a system of semantically based classing, which affects not only nouns but also their modifiers (adjectives, numbers, demonstratives) and verbs. Just as gender accord is required in many Indo-European languages (e.g., French, Spanish, German, Russian), the modifiers and verbs associated with a given noun must show class agreement with the noun by using certain prefixes. This results in marked alliteration:
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Vowels
In Swahili the Vowels are always pronounced the same way.What you see is what you say.The vowels are the most important sounds to learn.If you want to sound like native swahili speakers, then concentrate on the vowel (a,e,i,o,u)
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