Swahili Adverbs
This is a list of adverbs in Swahili. This includes adverbs of time, place, manner and frequency. Which sums up most of what you need for daily use.
Now: Sasa
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Later: Baadaye
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Tonight: Usiku huu
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Last night: jana usiku
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This morning: asubuhi ya leo
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Yesterday: Jana
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Today: Leo
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Tomorrow: Kesho
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Next week: wiki ijayo
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Already: tayari
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Recently: hivi majuzi
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Lately: siku hizi
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| Soon: hivi karibuni |
| Immediately: Hivi sasa / sasa |
| Still: bado |
| Yet: bado |
After the above adverbs of time, now we move on to adverbs of place.
| Here: hapa |
| There: kule |
| Everywhere: kila mahali |
| Anywhere: mahali popote |
Now adverbs of manners, used to describe how something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb.
Carefully: kwa makini
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Alone: pekee
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Very: sana
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Really: kweli
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| Quickly: haraka |
| Slowly: polepole |
| Almost: karibu |
| Together: pamoja |
These are adverbs of frequency, which are used to answer the question "how often?".
| Always: kawaida |
| Sometimes: mara kwa mara |
| Rarely: mara chache |
| Never: kamwe |
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