Jifunze Kiswahili

We proceed with letter Z

Zima means to extinguish,Swahili sentence can be Zima moto,or twendeni tukazime moto katika like jengoor jeshi la zimamoto likezima moto mkali uliotokea Leo.

Another word Zima means whole or alive e.g(jamii yote kwa ujumla) The whole  society,darasa Zima (the whole class)another meaning of Zima is alive kala chungwa Zima( is not decay)hizi nyanya ni nzima,hili gari sio bovu ni Zima,

Zunguka means to go around,this also it used Pearson and thing like motor car,motor circle  in Swahili sentence you can use zunguka e.g wewe mtoto acha kucheza mchezo wa kuzunguka,hebu tulia acha kuzunguka ,umezunguka mda mrefu sana utapata kizunguzungu

Gari inazunguka kwenye roundabout ya uhuru,pikipiki Ina zunguka kwenye keep left Cha Barbara ya msimbazi,hiyo njia unayopita inazunguka sana hivyo utachelewa kufika

Zamani means formerly or in the past eg Raisi wa zamani wa south Africa anaitwa Nelson  Mandera.Alli Hassan Mwinyi Road zamani iliitwa old Bagamoyo road also old is zamani not only that but also in the stories of children also they use this word zamani when you start to narrate a story you start with Hapo zamani za kale  .zamani here means in the past. Also you can say hii nguo Yako ni ya zamani (out of fashion).hii Barabara imearibika zamani sana

Zaa means to bear  /(children)or you be born,eg in Swahili sentence how to use zaa,mbuzi kazaa jike,mbuzi kazaa dume,also there are another word instead of zaa called kujifungua,this word kujifungua and zaa have the same meaning,Sikitu amejifungua mtoto wa kike jioni ya leo katika hospitali ya. Mwananyamala

Zaidi ya means more than,eg of Swahili sentence ,Hawa ni mrefu zaidi ya Juma,hii nyumba ni kubwa zaidi ya Ile pale,nyama ni tamu zaidi ya samaki,siwema anajua kupika pilau sana zaidi ya siwatu

Zama means to sink,mtoto amezama mtoni nendeni mkamsaidie ,mtoto amezama bwawani,meli imezama ,mtumbwi imezama

Zahanati means dispensary,you can say naenda zahanati ya kijiji kupima kama Nina malaria au Sina ,hiki kijiji kina zahanati Moja tu ambayo inahudumia wananchi wa hiki kijiji chote.

Kutoka hapa kwetu Hadi zahanati ni lazima uendeshe baskeli sababu ni mbali sana

Exercise

Explain the meang of this word

1.Zidi

2.zidisha