Are you looking for a complete course in Swahili which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Swahili will guarantee success! Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online. The course is structured in thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work. By the end of this course, you will be at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features: NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. GRAMMAR TIPS Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding. USEFUL VOCABULARY Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking. DIALOGUES Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast. PRONUNCIATION Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you go. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles at: www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the culture and history of Swahili speakers. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

This handy book is a beginner̐ưs complete course in the Swahili language, designed especially for foreigners. The book is a result of the author̐ưs many years of teaching experience. It is divided into two parts: part one covers pronunciation; Swahili greetings and manners; classification of nouns; adjectives, verbs, adverbs, etc. in twenty-eight lessons and thirty-six exercises. part two includes a study of Swahili usage in specific situations (e.g. at home, in the market, on the road, at the airport, etc.); eleven further lessons and thirteen exercises; the key to the exercises in Parts One an.

Are you looking for a complete course in Swahili which takes you effortlessly from beginner to confident speaker? Whether you are starting from scratch, or are just out of practice, Complete Swahili will guarantee success! Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online. The course is structured in thematic units and the emphasis is placed on communication, so that you effortlessly progress from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations, to using the phone and talking about work. By the end of this course, you will be at Level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages: Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and interactive features: NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. GRAMMAR TIPS Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding. USEFUL VOCABULARY Easy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking. DIALOGUES Read and listen to everyday dialogues to help you speak and understand fast. PRONUNCIATION Don't sound like a tourist! Perfect your pronunciation before you go. TEST YOURSELF Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles at: www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the culture and history of Swahili speakers. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

This book is intended for university students and anyone interested in learning Standard Swahili grammar as spoken in the East African Community of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. The most comprehensive grammar book currently available, some of the concepts covered in this book are greetings, numerals, telling the time, the Noun Class system, simple tenses such the past, present and future, adjectives and possessives. The book then progresses to more complex concepts such as Direct and Reported Speech, various verb typologies, other tenses, prepositions and conjunctions, adverbs and relative pronouns. Each chapter includes many examples and sample sentences, easy to read charts, practice questions, answers to the practice questions, and a list of new vocabulary used within the chapter. On completing this book, the reader will be able to read, write and converse in Swahili with confidence.

Authentic, contemporary language Plenty of exercises Clear and concise grammar explanations Accompanied by audio material

Learn Good Swahili is presented in 3 volumes: Volume 1: A Complete Grammar. 349 pages. Volume 2: 5,000+ words Swahili-English Dictionary. 370 pages. Includes a built-in mini-thesaurus. *,**see examples below. Volume 3: 5,000+ words English-Swahili Dictionary. 427 pages. Includes a built-in mini-thesaurus. *,**see examples below. Volume 1 contains step-by-step explanations of all features of Swahili grammar, with lots of examples and exercises, plus indexes. For anyone new to Swahili or wants to improve or brush up - whether you are a tourist, an expatriate, a volunteer, etc in East Africa - these are the books you need to enhance your experience there, for being able to communicate with locals in their language is always most satisfying. All proceeds of this book will go to needy school children in Tanga, Tanzania where the author was born, grew up and finished high school. *An example of a dictionary entry: lingana nbsp;v nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;match e.g. kusoma kwa mtoto kunalingana umri wake, the child's reading matches her age where "v" indicates verb. Note: All Swahili text in all volumes is italicized as seen above, to visually distinguish it from all the other English text. **The built-in mini-thesaurus takes two forms: (1) Related Words e.g. the entry for "abadan" has Related Words, as follows: ["F" = foreign-origin; "adv" = adverb] abadan nbsp;F nbsp;adv nbsp;nbsp;always e.g. yeye abadan haridhi, he is never contented Related Words: baadaye, later/then daima, always halafu, then huenda, sometimes kabla ya, before kamwe, never kila mara, every time, always kisha, afterwards milele, forever punde, shortly sasa, now zamani, earlier (2) Words grouped under the following categories: body, building structure, fauna, food, person, produce, terrain, tool, utensil, vegetation (including flora) and for adjectives, colours e.g. some of the entries under body are, in alphabetical order in English: [entries in brackets such as "(m,mi)" = (singular, plural prefixes); "n" = noun; "V", "xFF", "xFV", "U", "T" are noun groups as explained in Volume 1, Chapter 3: Nouns] mkono(m,mi) n body: arm V kwapa(-,ma) n body: armpit xFF mgongo(m,mi) n body: back V ndevu(-) n body: beard xFV mshipa(m,mi) n body: blood vessel V ... mkia(m,mi) n body: tail V paja(-,ma) n body: thigh xFF koo(-,ma) n body: throat xFF ulimi(ul,nd) n body: tongue U mkonga(m,mi) n body: trunk (elephant) V kiuno(ki,vi) n body: waist T (A total of over 70 entries under body)

The best-selling complete course for a fun and effective way to learn Swahili. This ISBN is for the paperback book. The corresponding audio support (ISBN: 9781444105636) is also available. The book and audio support can also be purchased as a pack (ISBN: 9781444105629).