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Hii ni ngeli ya majina ambayo huanza na kiambishi awali Ma– katika wingi. Majina mengi katika ngeli hii hayana mwanzo mahususi katika umoja yaani hayana kiambishi cha umoja.
Baadhi ya majina katika ngeli hii huanza na kiambishi awali Ji- au herufi yoyote ile na yanachukua kiambishi awali Ma- katika wingi. (This class of nouns has names that begin with prefix Ma– in plural form. They do not have a specific beginning. I.e. they do not have a specific prefix for singular form. Some words begin with prefix Ji– in singular form or any letters and their plural begin with Ma-)
Umoja wingi
Azimio (a plan/a lesion plan) maazimio
Babaiko (restles/anxiety) mababaiko
Badiliko (a change) mabadiliko
Bafu (a bathroom) mabafu
Basi (a bus) mabasi
Bati (an iron sheet) mabati
Blanketi (blanket) mablanketi
Bobo (a big tree) mabobo
Bofu/puto/futuza (a balloon) mabofu/maputo/mafutuza
Bogi (a train cabin) mabogi
Bohari (a store) mabohari
Boma (a building without a roof) maboma
Bomba (pump) mabomba
Bomu (bomb) mabomu
Bonde (a valley) mabonde
Buibui /baibui mabuibui
Bunge (a parliament) mabunge
Daftari (a register) madaftari
Daraja (bridge) madaraja
Deni (a debt) madeni
Dirisha (window) madirisha
Duka (shop) maduka
Complete the plural of the nouns
Bahatisho (a situation of getting something unexpectedly) Bakuli (a bowl)
Baraza (a group of people with a specific task to do) Egesho (parking yard)
Figa (a cooking stone) Fundisho (a lesion/a teaching)
Fungu (a bundle) Furushi (a bundle of things tied together)
Fyekeo/kwanja (a slasher) Gamba (a scale-fish)
Ganda (a husk) Gari (vehicle)
Gazeti (newspaper) Godoro (mattress)
Hangaiko (anxiety) Jalada (book cover/hardcover)
Jalala (dustbin/rubbish pit) Jambo (issue/matter)
Janga (a problem that results into death/a curse) Jangwa (a desert) Jani (leaf) Jiko (kitchen)
Jimbo (constituency/region) Jina (name)
Jino (a tooth) Jiti (a big tree)
Jivu (ash) Jiwe (a stone)
Jukumu (responsibility) Juma (week)
Kabati (a cupboard) Kabila (a tribe)
Kaburi (a grave) Kanisa (a church)
Kapu (a large basket) Kofi (a slap)
Kosa (mistake) Kusudi (an intention/aim/plan)
Kusudio (intention/plan/aim) Neno (a word)
Neno (word) Ombi (a prayer/request)
Ongezeko/ongezo (increment) Onyesho (a scene/a show)
Onyo (a warning) Otea (a hiding place)
Paa (a roof) Pambano (a competition)
Pambazuko (a daybreak) Pambo (decoration)
Pande (a big piece) Panga (a panga)
Pango (a cave) Papo (heartbeat)
Pato (an earning) Pendekezo (a proposal)
Pengo (a hole) Pepe (husk)
Pigo (a strong hit/misfortune) Pipa (a tang)
Piramidi (a pyramid) Pori (a bush)
Poromoko (a landslide) Pote (a gathering of people for a specific purpose)
Pumbao (a surprise) Rika (age mate)
Rinda (a long dress for women) Robota (a consignment/a bundle of things tied together)
Rukwama (a wheelbarrow) Rundo (a heap of things)
Sanduku (a suitcase/box) Sanduku (box/suitcase)
Shairi (a poem)
Shaka (fear) Shaka (fear)
Shamba (garden/farm) Shambulio (an attack)
Shanuo/chanuo (a toothed comb) Sharti (a must/condition)
Shati (a shirt) Shauri (a piece of advice/ a point to be discussed)
Shengele (a nappy) Shikio (where to touch when lifting something)
Shimo (a pit) Shina (a stem)
Shirika (a company/organization) Shirikisho (a union of countries to make one government)
Shitaka (a court case) Shoka (an axe)
Shuka (bed sheet) Shushu (a husk)
Shuza (a fart) Siahi/yowe (a ululation)
Sikitiko/sijiko (sorrow/lamentation) Simango (ridicule)
Sinia (a tray) Sirinji (a syringe)
Soko (market) Somo (subject)
Taifa (a nation) Tako (a buttock)
Tangazo (announcement) Tatizo (a problem)
Tendo (an act/a deed) Titi (a breast)
Tofali (a brick) Tokeo (a result)
Tope (mud) Tumaini (hope)
Tundu (a hole) Tusi (an abuse)
Tuta (a potato ridge) Umbo (structure)
Ungamo (a confession) Vazi (a garment)
Vuno (a harvest) Wazo (thought/idea)
Wigi (a wig-hair) Wimbi (a wave)
Windo (an animal to be hanted) Wingu (a cloud)
Yai (egg) Yavuyavu (an absorber)
Yugwa (a yam) Zao (product)
Zeriba (an animal’s fence) Ziduo (civilization)
Zingatio (consideration) Ziwa (lake)
Zoezi (exercise
Baadhi ya sehemu za mwili (some of the body parts)
Jicho (eye) macho Jino (tooth) meno
Sikio/shikio (ear) masikio/shikio Bega (shoulder) Mabega
Goti (knee) magoti Tumbo (stomach) matumbo
Paja (thigh) mapaja Futuza (gallbladder) mafutuza
Fuu/fuvu/bupuru (a skull) mafuu/mafuvu/mabupuru Paji (forehead) mapaji
Pafu (windpie) mapafu Shavu (a cheek) mashavu
Sharafa (mustache) masharafa Figo (a kidney) mafiga
Baadhi ya matunda (Some fruits)
Tunda (fruit) matunda Chungwa (orange) Machungwa
Embe (mango) maembe Limau (lemon) malimau
Nanasi (pineapple) mananasi Papai (pawpaw) mapapai
Dafu (coconut) madafu Tufaa (apple) matufa
Pera (guava) mapera Parachichi (avocado) maparachichi
Boga (pumpkin) maboga Peasi (a pear) mapeasi
Waridi (rose flower) mawaridi
UPATANISHO WA KISARUFI (grammatical agreement)
(Names)
(possessives)
(demostraves)
(To be)
(ajectives)
Jiwe
Yai
Jibu
Soko
meno
mayai
majibu
masoko
latu (our)
lako (your)
lenu
(your)
lake (his/her
lao (their)
(Mine)
Yetu (our)
Yako
(your)
yenu
(your)
yake
thiers
Yao
(Their)
hili (this)
lile (that)
hilo (that)
haya (these)
yale (those)
hayo (those)
ni (is)
si (is not)
dogo
refu
chafu
fupi
lembamba
tamu
bora
bovu
Madogo
Marefu
Machafu
Mafupi
Membamba
Matamu
Bora
mabovu
Sentensi
Usesage of li-ya as a prefix for singular and plural respectively.
Dirisha
Jiko
Jani
Jicho
Embe
Shairi
limepotea
limechafuka
limevunjika
limeharibika
limechukuliwa
limebadilishwa
Madirisha
Meko
Majani
Macho
Maembe
Mashairi
yamepotea
yamechafuka
yamevunjika
yameharibika
yamechukuliwa
yamebadilishwa
Mifano ya sentensi;
Umoja wingi
NOTE
The adjectives of this class do not take any prefix in singular form. This is because they do not have a specific prefix for their singular forms. Here the adjectives are used in their original form in singular but take prefix ma- in plural form. This is because all the names have ma- as a prefix in plural form therefore; it has to appear on the adjectives.