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# Kiswahili/Swahili: Msingi Wa Kusema Kusoma Na Kuandika/A Foundation for Speaking Reading and Writing

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Kiswahili/Swahili: Msingi Wa Kusema Kusoma Na Kuandika/A Foundation for Speaking Reading and Writing : Hinnebusch, Thomas J., Mirza, Sarah M.: desertcart.in: Books

Review: This is an honorable book that is out of print and sold as used. It is one of the few available Swahili textbooks. There is audio that can be downloaded from the 5-college website. Listen to audio slowed-down to about 70%. The book teaches the basics satisfactorily, but it has big pictures and wastes space. Besides this, download and listen to the language transfer in swahili, it is free, oral only, and does a very good job on the verbs and class nouns. (It is chatty and uses a French lady for a learner, which kills the pronunciation, but that is another matter.) Also find on the web and download the free old foreign service institute course and audio. With all of these, you can learn Swahili decently.
Review: This book is great with or without a teacher, it is easier to plough through with a teacher, but not impossible without, just might take a while longer. I have used it with both and it is so insightful. Short stories in Swahili about Swahili culture all along the coast and helps to form understanding of the swahili language as well as what place it takes in different parts of east Africa. The exercises are simple, yet very very essential and you will find yourself being pushed at every chapter. It really does lay the foundation for beginners Swahili and starts pushing into beginners intermediate by the end. At the back there are riddles, shorter stories, sayings and there is even a chapter on poetry, it is a great book, in fact the base book i would recommend for those serious about wanting to learn Swahili

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (122) |
| Dimensions  | 21.59 x 1.8 x 27.94 cm |
| Edition  | Subsequent |
| ISBN-10  | 0761809724 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0761809722 |
| Item Weight  | 726 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 312 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 November 1997 |
| Publisher  | Univ Pr of Amer |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by A***. on 20 March 2025*

This is an honorable book that is out of print and sold as used. It is one of the few available Swahili textbooks. There is audio that can be downloaded from the 5-college website. Listen to audio slowed-down to about 70%. The book teaches the basics satisfactorily, but it has big pictures and wastes space. Besides this, download and listen to the language transfer in swahili, it is free, oral only, and does a very good job on the verbs and class nouns. (It is chatty and uses a French lady for a learner, which kills the pronunciation, but that is another matter.) Also find on the web and download the free old foreign service institute course and audio. With all of these, you can learn Swahili decently.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by T***T on 23 January 2016*

This book is great with or without a teacher, it is easier to plough through with a teacher, but not impossible without, just might take a while longer. I have used it with both and it is so insightful. Short stories in Swahili about Swahili culture all along the coast and helps to form understanding of the swahili language as well as what place it takes in different parts of east Africa. The exercises are simple, yet very very essential and you will find yourself being pushed at every chapter. It really does lay the foundation for beginners Swahili and starts pushing into beginners intermediate by the end. At the back there are riddles, shorter stories, sayings and there is even a chapter on poetry, it is a great book, in fact the base book i would recommend for those serious about wanting to learn Swahili

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by M***A on 19 July 2020*

Corso che corrisponde alle aspettaive.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Swahili: A Foundation for Speaking, Reading, and Writing - Second Edition
- Swahili-English/English-Swahili Practical Dictionary (Hippocrene Practical Dictionary)
- Swahili Grammar and Workbook

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