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Singing in Swahili: Conversation Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for having a conversation about music in Swahili. It includes lists of musical instruments, music styles, topics for talking about music, music-related vocabulary terms, and famous Kenyan musicians and musical groups. Users can select from the options to insert into conversational phrases about music presented in Swahili.

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Singing in Swahili: Conversation Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for having a conversation about music in Swahili. It includes lists of musical instruments, music styles, topics for talking about music, music-related vocabulary terms, and famous Kenyan musicians and musical groups. Users can select from the options to insert into conversational phrases about music presented in Swahili.

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Instruments

What musical instrument can you play?


Ni chombo gani cha muziki unaweza cheza? I can play the ~.
Naweza cheza ~.

1. piano 2. guitar 3. accordion 4. violin


piano gitaa accordioni fidla

5. viola 6. harp 7. French horn 8. cello


viola kinubi pembe ya kifaransa cello

9. clarinet 10. saxophone 11. keyboard 12. trumpet


clarineti saksafoni kibodi tarumbeta
Music Styles

What kind of music do you like? I like ~.


Ni aina gani ya muziki unapenda? Napenda ~.

pop music house music techno funk


muziki wa zoka muziki wa nyumba tekno muziki aina wa fank

hip hop R&B rock ’n’ roll rap


hip hop R&B mziki wa rock muziki wa kufoka

Talking about Music

My favorite song is ~. My favorite singer is ~. I love music.


Wimbo ninaopenda ni ~. Mwana mziki ninaye mpenda ~. Napenda muziki.

I can sing very well. I like this song. Do you want to go to karaoke?
Naweza imba vizuri sana. Napenda wimbo huu. Je, ungetaka kwenda karaoke?

Music-Related Vocabulary

chorus vocal solo soprano alto


korasi vocol solo soprano alto

tenor melody rhythm song


tenor melodi rithimu wimbo

Famous Musicians and Musical Groups

H_art Mwanga Adawnage Samawati Jabali Afrika


H_art Mwanga Adawnage Samawati Jabali Afrika

Tafsiri Blueband Jua kali Willy Paul Bahati


Tafsiri Blueband Jua kali Willy paul Bahati

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