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Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels

Sarufi ya Kiswahili ch

Oswald Almasi Michael David Fallon Nazish Pardhan Wared

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Swahili
Rowman and Littlefield
24 September 2014
This book is intended for university students and anyone interested in learning Standard Swahili grammar as spoken in the East African Community of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. The most comprehensive grammar book currently available, some of the concepts covered in this book are greetings, numerals, telling the time, the Noun Class system, simple tenses such the past, present and future, adjectives and possessives. The book then progresses to more complex concepts such as Direct and Reported Speech, various verb typologies, other tenses, prepositions and conjunctions, adverbs and relative pronouns.

Each chapter includes many examples and sample sentences, easy to read charts, practice questions, answers to the practice questions, and a list of new vocabulary used within the chapter.

On completing this book, the reader will be able to read, write and converse in Swahili with confidence.
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Imprint:   Rowman and Littlefield
Country of Publication:   United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions:   Height: 227mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 33mm
Weight:   671g
ISBN:   9780761863816
ISBN 10:   0761863818
Pages:   462
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  ELT Advanced ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Oswald Almasi was born in Tanzania and educated at the University of Dar-es-Salaam. He has been an educator for more than 40 years, in the last 17 years as a professor of Swahili at the University of Toronto and also at York University since 2005. Michael David Fallon graduated from the University of Toronto as an African Studies Specialist. While at the University of Toronto he studied several languages including Portuguese, Arabic, and also Swahili under the tutelage of Oswald Almasi. He has also lived and spent time in East Africa. Nazish Pardhan Wared was born in Tanzania and educated at Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School in Dar-es-Salaam. She has also studied advanced Swahili under Oswald Almasi.

Reviews for Swahili Grammar for Introductory and Intermediate Levels: Sarufi ya Kiswahili ch

This book is the most detailed and comprehensive volume on Swahili grammar currently available. It is a welcome addition to the growing texts on Swahili language and a valuable collection for Swahili scholars worldwide. The writers . . . have collectively presented an in-depth survey of every aspect of Swahili grammar. It is intended for university students or language scholars whose objective is to gain mastery of Swahili grammar from the introductory to intermediate levels. . . .It is ideal . . . for the independent student who is studying on his/her own, or as a resource for the graduate student specializing in linguistic analysis, and also for the avid Swahili language teacher. Users will appreciate what is being said because everything is translated into English. It will be an invaluable addition to any library that desires to expand its collection on foreign languages. . . .[The book is] a well-written and comprehensive Swahili grammar book.


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