Jifunze Kiswahili

Letter V

We discuss the word  which the first letter is V,we start with the word vaa,means to wear or to put on the clothes e.g vaa suruali,vaa kofia,vaa gauni,vaa viatu ( put shoes on)

Another word is valisha this means to dress up someone,mfano mvalishe mtoto nguo,mvalishe suruali,

Vika also means valisha,Vika and valisha has the some meaning ,so you can use Vika or valisha ,eg mvike mtoto nguo or mvalishe mtoto nguo,also they used in Designers eg I’m dressed up by Singa Designers( nimevalishwa na mbunifu.anayeitwa singa)

Vua or kuvua,means to un dress,the people who live coast area use the word chojoa or kutoa,this word also use in nguo,e.g chojoa nguo zako,vua nguo zako,toa nguo zako zote.

Vuna,ku-,means to harvest eg Baba na mama wameenda shambani kuvuna,twendeni shambani tukavune mahindi,huu ni muda wa kwenda kuvuna

Mavuno means to harvest,mwaka huu tunapata mavuno mengi sana,hiki ni kipindi Cha mavuno,so that mavuno na vina has different meaning,

Vunja,kuvunja  means to break something ,eg Amevunja nyumba yake aliyoijenga vibaya.mahusiano Yao yamevunjika,

Vuma ,kuvuna be well known or notorious,you can use vuma or kusikika eg Juma ana vuma sana,or Juma anasikika sana ,vuma is not used in the person but also in things like drum

Or music or band eg hii band inavuma sana,huu mziki una vuna sana,there are says like ngoma ikivuma sana lazima itapasuka ,means mtu au kitu kikizidi sana lazima kifike mwisho.

Vuta means to pull something or to smoke eg vuta hicho kiti hapo juu,vuta hiyo kumba ,Njoo tuvutane ,also there is smoke vuta sigara , usivute sigara ,SI  inaonyesha ukanushi ,usifanye hicho kitu

Vocabulary

Design ubunifu

nguo  dress

Band  bendi

Nyumba house

Mtoto child

We will continue next time