I finished it last night. Now that I can compare my experience with it to the Spanish one, I think that Language Transfer (LT) is an effective #LanguageLearning resource insofar as it methodically introduces and provides opportunities to practice using various structures, but it is not useful for speaking and listening comprehension because of its reliance on non-native speech.

Referencing the Spanish course, I said before (i.e. two months ago) that I thought a complete beginner would come away with a “solid foundation” in the language. Being in that boat with Swahili, I think it’s a fair assessment. LT doesn’t teach much vocabulary, so I’m constantly looking things up,* but I know (or can make educated guesses about) how to use them, which steadily narrows the gap between what I can say and what I want to say.

I still think that ignoring the advice to avoid writing things down is worthwhile. Even if I’m unlikely to revisit my notes, not taking any would have made information retention much more difficult.

*I’ve primarily been using mobiTUKI (https://swahili-dictionary.com).

#Kiswahili

Leo ni siku ya Dunia ya Lugha ya Kiswahili. Kama wahandisi, wanasayansi, watafiti na vijana chipukizi nawasihi mtumia akili unde kutatua shida za bara la Afrika ili kuboresha maisha ya afya ya watu, uchukuzi, masomo, ukulima, mawasiliano, biashara, na uchumi wetu.

Je "#ArtificialIntelligence", "#DeepLearning", na "#MachineLearning" nini kwa Lugha ya #Kiswahili?

#KiswahiliDay
#KiswahiliKitukuzwe
#KiswahiliLanguageDay

Leo ni siku ya lugha ya kiswahili duniani.
Did you know there are some Swahili words originating from Europe?
Kwa mfano: Shule, Bendera, meza...
#Kiswahili #Swahili https://t.co/E4midy95oF

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUinKenya/status/1677286856768069632

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A più di cinquant'anni dall'indipendenza di gran parte degli Stati africani, poche* lingue nazionali sono state elevate al rango di lingue ufficiali: le lingue nazionali della #GuineaConakry e del #Sudafrica; il #kiswahili in #Tanzania il #malgascio in #Madagascar; il #sango in #RepubblicaCentrafricana; il #kirundi in Burundi; il #kinyarwanda in #Rwanda, l'#amarico in #Etiopia, il #tigrino in #Eritrea, il #somalo in #Somalia e l'arabo in #Algeria, #Marocco, #Tunisia, #Libia e #Egitto.

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La differenza tra lingue nazionali e lingue ufficiali

L'espressione "lingua nazionale" si riferisce, in alcuni paesi, a quelle lingue locali che svolgono un'importante funzione veicolare (#wolof in #Senegal, #hausa e #zarma in #Niger, #Kikongo, #Kiswahili, #Lingala e #Ciluba in #Congo-Kinshasa), mentre, in altri paesi come il #Benin o il #Camerun, indica tutte le lingue indigene in contrapposizione alle lingue straniere ereditate dalla colonizzazione.

https://archive.org/details/fasihi-simulizi

Fani ya Fasihi Simulizi kwa Shule za Upili by Assumpta K. Matei

Topics
#fasihisimulizi, #Kiswahili, #shuleyaupili, #fasihi, #malezi, #vitabuvyarejea

"Fani ya Fasihi Simulizi kwa Shule za Upili kimeandikwa kwa lengo la kumfafanulia mwanafunzi tanzu na vipera vya fasihi simulizi kwa njia angavu na nyepesi.

Muhitaji yote ya silabasi ya shule za upili yameshughulikiwu kwa kina.

Mada zimejadiliwa kwa lugha rahisi na mifano anuwai ya uchanganuzi kutolewa.

Yapo maswali yaliyotolewa mwishoni mwa mada. Maswali haya yanatahini stadi zote za ufumbuzi. Mwishoni mwa kitabu kumetolewa majibu ya baadhi ya maswali ya mazoezi."

https://archive.org/details/kenya-kiswahili

Kiswahili na Utaifa Nchini Kenya by Clara Momanyi; Kimani Njogu; Mwenda Mukuthuria; Mwenda Mbatiah; Prisca Jerono; Edwin W. Masinde; Kiarie Wa'Njogu; Meg Arenberg; Peter Githinji; Pamela Muhadia Ngugi; Miriam Osore; Charlotte Ryanga; Naomi L. Shitemi; Anna M. Kishe; Steven Elisamia Mrikaria; Mwanakombo Mohamed Hassan

Topics
#Kiswahili, #Kenya, #lugha, #utaifa, #isimu, #isimujamii, #uanuwaiwalugha

"Baada ya vurugu la kisisasa la 2007/2008, ilidhihirika wazi kwamba pana haja ya Kuimarishautangamano na Utaifa nchini kenya. Kenya imekua ikiimarisha dola lakini viongozi wake bado hawajaonekana kujitolea ili kujenga utangamano ni kupitia lugha ya taifa."

https://archive.org/details/njia-panda

Njia Panda by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o; John Ndeti Somba

Topics
#Kiswahili, #Kenya, #riwaya, #ukoloni, #ukristo

"Njia panda ni tafsiri ya Kiswahili ya The River Between, kilichoandikwa na mwandishi maarufu Mkenya, Ngugi wa Thiong'o."

https://archive.org/details/Wataveta

Historia Na Utamaduni Wa Wataveta by Clara Momanyi

Topics
#Kiswahili, #Wataveta, #historia, #jamiizaKiafrikaKiasili, #utamaduni

"Kitabu hiki ni kurunzi inayoangaza mila na desturi za Wataveta na kuthibitisha kwamba mwacha mila hakika ni mtumwa."

https://archive.org/details/chozi-la-heri

Chozi la Heri by Assumpta K. Matei

Topics
#Kiswahili, #riwaya, #fasihi

"Maazimio yasiyofikiwa yanazua hali ya kuvunjikiwa—kihoro hasa. Lakini baada ya kiza kizito huja mawio ya uzawa wa jamii mpya yenye matumaini."

Kusadikika: Nchi Iliyo Angani by Shaaban Robert; Ruth Yudelowitz

Topics
#Kiswahili, #hadithi, #fasihi, #fasihiyaKiswahili, #fasihiyaTanzania

"Kusadikika ni nchi ambayo kuwako kwake hufikirika kwa mawazo tu."

https://archive.org/details/kaburi-bila-msalaba

Kaburi Bila Msalaba: Hadithi Ya Vita Vya Mau Mau by P. M. Kareithi; Terry Hirst

Topics
#MauMau, #Kenya, #historia, #Kiswahili, #ukoloni, #milkiyauingereza, #milkiyabritania, #vita, #kujikomboakitaifa, #mapambano, #hadithi

"Kila msomaji amalizae kusoma hadithi hii hataacha kujiuliza nafsi yake kama anatimiza wajibu wake katika ujenzi wa taifa hili."

https://archive.org/details/mzee-kikwazo

Majuto ya Mzee Kikwazo by Leah Mgonja; Robert Kambo

Topics
#Kiswahili, #epidemiki, #ugonjwa, #afya, #ngano, #hadithi

"Vitabu vya Sayari vimetungwa kwa lengo la kuwawezesha wanafunzi katika Afrika Mashariki kujifunza lugha ya Kiswahili. Lugha iliyotumiwa ni ya kuvutia na hadithi ni za kuburudisha.

Kijiji cha Wasiojua kinajipata katika masikitiko. Watu wameanza kupofuka. Wataalamu wanashauri hatua fulani zichukuliwe ji kumaliza janga hili. Wanakijiji wanaanza kuzingatia mapendekezo ya wataalamu. Hata hivyo, kuna mzee anayekataa katakata kuufuata ushauri wa wataalamu. Je, Mzee Kikwazo ataweza kujinusuru kutokana na shida zilizoko kijijini mwao? Bila shaka hadithi hii itakufunza mengi."

https://archive.org/details/kuwa-mwafrika

Kuwa Mwafrika: Kugundua tera Njia za sili za (Utu) Unhu-Ubuntu-Botho na Kuwa Binadamu by Mandivamba Rukuni; Martha Qorro

Topics
#CentreforAdvancedStudiesofAfricanSociety, #kitabu, #Kiswahili, #Afrika, #utamaduni

"Kitabu hiki ni kwa heshima ya wazazi wangu, familia yangu, ukoo wangu wa Rozvi, na heshima ya pekee kwa mizimu ya Waafrika, ambao busara zao tunazihitaji sana sasa, ili kuijenga tena nchi yetu, Afrika"

https://archive.org/details/kamusi-ya-tiba

Kamusi ya Tiba by A.M.A. Mwita; H.J.M. Mwamsoko

Topics
#Kiswahili, #tiba, #kamusi, #Kiingereza, #afya, #sayansi, #fiziolojia

"Kamusi ya Tiba ni chapisho la aina yake katika Kiswahili linalohusu fani ya tiba."

Svahila proverbo (67)

Asiyeonyeka alipanda mtumbui wa mfinyanzi.

Tiu kiu ne estis konsilita iris en ceramika boato.

#Swahili
#Kiswahili
#MethaliZaKiswahili
#Esperanto
#Kiesperanto
#SvahilaProverbaro

Proverbe swahili (67)

Asiyeonyeka alipanda mtumbui wa mfinyanzi.

Celui qui n'a pas été conseillé est monté dans une barque en terre cuite.

#swahili
#Kiswahili
#Proverbes
#MethaliZaKiswahili
#ProverbesAfricains

Svahila proverbo (58)

Kukataa kujisaidia hakuzuii njaa kuuma

Rifuzi feki ne malhelpas vin suferi malsaton

#Swahili
#Kiswahili
#MethaliZaKiswahili
#Esperanto
#Kiesperanto
#SvahilaProverbaro

Proverbe swahili (58)

Kukataa kujisaidia hakuzuii njaa kuuma.

Te retenir de déféquer ne t'empêchera pas d'avoir faim.

#swahili
#Kiswahili
#Proverbes
#MethaliZaKiswahili
#ProverbesAfricains

Svahila proverbo (57)

Mwisho wa ubaya ni aibu.

La fino de la malbono estas honto.

#Swahili
#Kiswahili
#MethaliZaKiswahili
#Esperanto
#Kiesperanto
#SvahilaProverbaro