SURA YA V: SHUGHULI ZA KILA SIKU
23 Lesson 4: Shughuli za Wikiendi
Performance Objectives
By the end of this lesson, the learner will be able to
- describe their weekend plans, detailing the times they do different activities
Grammar: Future Tense and Its Negation
An affirmative future tense verb in Swahili is:
Subject Prefix + Tense Marker (-ta-) + Verb Stem + Final Vowel (-a)
| Person | Subject Prefix | Example |
| Mimi | Ni | Nitasoma/I will read |
| Wewe | U | Utasoma/You will read |
| Yeye | A | Atasoma/He/She will read |
| Sisi | Tu | Tutasoma/ We will read |
| Nyinyi | M | Mtasoma/ You all will read |
| Wao | Wa | Watasoma/ They will read |
Mfano; Nitasoma
Ni ta som a
Subject Prefix + Tense Marker + Verb Stem + Final Vowel (-a)
The tense marker for the future tense is -ta-. It indicates that the action will happen in the future. The verb stem is the root of the verb (e.g., from “kusoma” (to read), the stem is “-soma”). The final vowel for most Swahili verbs in the affirmative is -a.
Negation of Present Tense
Negating the future tense in Swahili involves a few changes. The affirmative subject prefixes are replaced by a negative subject prefix. The future tense marker -ta- does not change. The final vowel does not change either.
Negative Subject Prefix + Verb Stem + Final Vowel (-a)
| Person | Subject Prefix | Example |
| Mimi | Si | Sitasoma/I will not read |
| Wewe | Hu | Hutasoma/You will not read |
| Yeye | Ha | Hatasoma/He/She will not read |
| Sisi | Hatu | Hatutasoma/ We will not read |
| Nyinyi | Ham | Hamtasoma/ You all will not read |
| Wao | Hawa | Hawatasoma/they will not read |
Zoezi la 1: Future tense -ta
Zoezi la 2: Wewe utafanya nini wikendi?
Juma: Hujambo Bahati?
Bahati: Sijambo na wewe je?
Juma: Mimi pia sijambo.
Bahati: Utafanya nini wikendi hii?
Juma: Mimi nitafanya vitu vingi wikendi hii.
Bahati: Utaamka saa ngapi?
Juma: Mimi nitaamka saa nne asubuhi. Ninapenda kulala wikendi. Na wewe je?
Bahati: Mimi nitaamka saa kumi na mbili asubuhi.
Juma: Kwa nini?
Bahati: Nitakimbia na kufanya mazoezi. Utafanya nini baada ya kuamka?
Juma: Nitasafisha chumba kisha nitakula chakula cha asubuhi. Wewe utafanya nini baada ya kukimbia?
Bahati: Nitafua nguo kisha nitaenda dukani.
Juma: Nitaenda dukani pia saa sita mchana na baadaye nitafanya kazi ya nyumbani
Bahati: Mimi nitapika chakula cha mchana kisha nitazungumza na wazazi wangu kwa simu. Utafanya nini Jumamosi jioni?
Juma: Nitatazama filamu hadi saa nne usiku kisha nitalala. Na wewe je?
Bahati: Nitaenda kwa rafiki yangu saa moja kamili usiku. Mimi nitalala usiku wa manane wikendi kwa sababu sitaenda shuleni.Wewe hufanya nini Jumapili?
Juma: Mimi huenda kanisani asubuhi kisha mimi hupumzika mchana. Na wewe je?
Bahati: Mimi huenda kanisani asubuhi pia kisha mimi hufanya kazi ya nyumbani.
Asante, na wikendi njema.
Juma: Wikendi njema pia
Answer the following true or false questions.
- Juma hulala wikendi yote? Kweli au si kweli
- Bahati huamka mapema wikendi. Kweli au si kweli
- Juma na Bahati wataenda sokoni wikendi. Kweli au si kweli
- Bahati atafanya kazi ya nyumbani Jumamosi. Kweli au si kweli
- Wikendi, Juma hufanya vitu vingi zaidi kuliko Bahati. Kweli au si kweli
- Juma na Bahati huenda kanisani Jumamosi. Kweli au si kweli
Zoezi la 3: Kuzungumza
Your classmate would like you to join them for a friend’s birthday party. You look at your schedule, and it looks a bit tight. Leave her a voice message describing your Saturday schedule and politely decline the invitation.
Zoezi la 4: Siku moja katika Maisha yangu
Pick either your favorite or, worse, busiest or slowest day of the week and create a 1-2 video presentation with pictures describing your routine for that day from morning to evening, including the times that you do each activity. Share the recording with the class for peer evaluation.
