How to use possessive pronouns in Swahili

How to use possessive pronouns in Swahili

You want to learn how to use possessive pronouns in Swahili? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Swahili lessons complete with useful examples. My book, your book, all our books... we make learning Swahili possessive pronouns easy.

Swahili possessive pronouns : my

Possessive pronouns are used in Swahili to describe possession or ownership. The Swahili word for 'my' is based on the word '-angu'. A letter is added in front which corresponds to the class of the noun possessed.

Examples

swali langu
my question
jiko langu
my kitchen
meza yangu
my table
nyumba yangu
my house
kitabu changu
my book
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Step 9 : Swahili possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns are used to describe ownership or possession. To start out, learn to use just two Swahili possessive pronouns. We suggest you learn mama yangu, baba yangu and mama yako, baba yako (my mother, my father, your mother, your father). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Swahili possessive pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned using these phrases by heart you can move on to the bonus Step 10 (Simple Swahili sentences).

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