Pronouns and Tenses - Viwakilishi na nyakati

Personal pronouns -  Viwakilishi vya nafsi

Singular (umoja)        Plural (wingi)

I – mimi                        we – sisi

You – wewe                 you – nyinyi

He/she/it – yeye         they – wao

Remember when using I, you, we, she, he, it and they on the sentence there is no need to start with ‘mimi’ if sentence start with ‘I’ or ‘sisi’ if sentence start with ‘we’ for example

I am playing, there is no necessity of saying mimi ninacheza mpira, you simply say ninacheza mpira.

We use these

I-ni , you (singular)-u, you(plural)-m,he/she/it-a,they-wa

Example

I am eating-ninakula instead of mimi ninakula

We are eating-tunakula instead of sisi tunakula

They are cooking-wanapika instead of wao wanapika

Possesive pronouns – Viwakilishi vimilikishi

My – yangu

My brother – kaka yangu

My sister – dada yangu

My car – gari yangu

Your - wako

Your – wako/yako

Your house-nyumba yako

Your wife- mke wako

Your car-gari yako

His/her – ake

His/her car-gari yake

His/her shoes-viatu vyake

His/her watch-saa yake

Tenses – Nyakati

Present continous tense – Wakati uliopo

I am + verb + ing

Nina + kitenzi

Mfano

I am playing

 Ninacheza

I am singing

Ninaimba

I am cooking

 Ninapika

We are + verb + ing

Tuna + kitenzi

We are playing

Tunacheza

We are singing

Tunaimba

We are cooking

Tunapika

You are + verb +ing

Mna + kitenzi

You are playing

 Mnacheza

You are singing

 Mnaimba

You are cooking

Mnapika

He/she/it is verb + ing

Ana + kitenzi

He/she/it is playing

Anacheza

He/she/it is singing

Anaimba

He/she/it is cooking

Anapika

 They are verb + ing

 Wana + kitenzi

They are playing

 Wanacheza

They are singing

 Wanaimba

They are cooking

 Wanapika