Swahili
kitabu
kee-TAH-boo
How to say it
Swahilikitabukee-TAH-boosoon
Englishbooksoon
Frenchlivresoon
Meaning
a set of printed or written pages bound together, containing text for reading.
Good to know
'Soma kitabu' means to read a book.
Examples
- Ninasoma kitabu kizuri sana kwa sasa.I'm reading a very good book right now.
- Je, umenunua vitabu vya shule?Have you bought the school books?
- Hakuna kitabu chochote mezani.There's no book at all on the table.
- Aliniazima kitabu chake cha hadithi.He lent me his storybook.