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Telling the Time in Swahili

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What time is it?

It is one o'clock
It is two o'clock
It is three o'clock
It is four o'clock
It is five o'clock
It is six o'clock
It is seven o'clock
It is eight o'clock
It is nine o'clock
It is ten o'clock
It is eleven o'clock
It is twelve o'clock

It is half past one
It is half past two
It is quarter past four
It is quarter past eleven

 

Ni saa ngapi?
Ni saa saba
Ni saa nane
Ni saa tisa
Ni saa kumi
Ni saa kumi na moja
Ni saa kumi na bili
Ni saa moja
Ni saa mbili
Ni saa tatu
Ni saa nne
Ni saa tano
Ni saa sita
Ni saa saba na nusu
Ni saa nane na nusu
Ni saa kumi na robo
Ni saa tano na robo

Swahili time related words

At what time?

this week
next week
yesterday
today
tomorrow
now
this morning
this afternoon
tonight
in the morning
in the afternoon
in the evening
midday
midnight

 

Saa ngapi?

wiki hii
wiki ijao
jana
leo
kesho
sasa
asubuhi hii
mchana huu
leo usiku
asubuhi
mchana
jioni
adhuri
saa sita ya usiku