Swahili Food
This is a list of food in Swahili. This can be very useful when going to the supermarket to buy groceries or simply when asking for breakfast.
Milk: maziwa
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Butter: siagi
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Cheese: jibini
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Bread: mkate
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Meal: chakula
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Breakfast: Chemshakinywa
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Lunch: Chakula cha mchana
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Dinner: Chakula cha jioni
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Salad: mchanganyiko wa mboga / matunda
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Sugar: sukari
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Salt: chumvi
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Orange juice: maji ya machungwa
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Soda: Soda
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Coffee: kahawa
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Tea: chai
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Fish: samaki
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Meat: nyama
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Chicken: kuku
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Pizza: Piza
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Eggs: mayai
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| Sandwich: sandwichi |
| Ice cream: aiskrimu |
| Water: maji |
| Food: chakula |
These samples show how food items can be incorporated into a sentence in Swahili. You will also be able to express your feelings of hunger or thirst.
I'm hungry: ninahisi njaa
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Are you thirsty?: una kiu?
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Do you have a bottle of water?: una chupa ya maji?
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Breakfast is ready: Kiamshakinywa kiko tayari?
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| What kind of food do you like?: unapenda aina gani ya chakula? |
| I like cheese: Napenda jibini |
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