Swahili-English/English-Swahili Practical Dictionary
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Book Overview
The most comprehensive Swahili-English Dictionary available
Swahili is spoken by an estimated 200 million people worldwide. It is the most widely spoken African language and the lingua franca of Eastern Africa, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and eastern Congo (Zaire). This comprehensive dictionary is designed to aid speakers of English and Swahili alike in navigating the growing global vocabulary of business, travel, tourism, politics, telecommunications, computers, and the internet.
The two-way Swahili-English/ English-Swahili dictionary features:
Over 35,000 entriesModern and comprehensive vocabularyAppendices for English irregular verbs, Swahili noun classes, and useful phrasesFormat:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0781804809
ISBN13:9780781804806
Release Date:December 2000
Publisher:Hippocrene Books
Length:596 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 4.3" x 6.8"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Excellent source and easy to use
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This up-to-date dictionary has helped me significantly for increasing my Swahili vocabulary very rapidly. It has many additions in the new version, and is applicable to modern usage in East African countries, as well as American and British English. The shipping was prompt and the item was received without damage.
Indispensible!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Hodi! This book was a lifesaver for me when I was learning Kiswahili. I was always hearing words I did not know, and found myself consulting this book multiple times a day. I highly recommend you use it in combination with immersion and a structured language course. I still use this book regularly, and find that it keeps me fluent.
Practical indeed, and very handy!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This Swahili-English / English-Swahili pocket dictionary is very handy. Its 596 pages cover over 35,000 entries in both languages. The English words have the phonetic transcriptions, whereas the Swahili nouns have their plurals shown in brackets. As it is written in the foreword, this practical dictionary proves to be "an aid in navigating the growing global vocabulary of politics, telecommunications, computers, the Internet, tourism, business and travel." At the end of the book there are some useful pages on English irregular verbs (infinitive Swahili verbs are given in brackets), Swahili noun classes, useful phrases and vocabulary, cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers, weighs and measures, time, days of the week, months, star signs.
A must-have for the traveling physician or medical student
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This small dictionary and phrase book fits easily into your lab coat pocket and will prove to be infinately helpful for physicians and students traveling among Swahili speaking populations. There is a small but comprehensive medical section in the back that outlines body parts and useful questions like, "are you having diarrhea".
Largest I've seen!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This was the biggest swahili-english dictionary I saw, with a ton of words to help me learn more swahili!
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