maktaba
mahk-TAH-bah
How to say it
Swahilimaktabamahk-TAH-bahsoon
Englishlibrary
Frenchbibliothèque
Meaning
A room or a building where books and other materials are kept for people to read or borrow.
Good to know
Same form in the plural, with n class agreement: maktaba yetu, maktaba kuu. Maktaba ya shule is a school library.
Examples
- Ninasoma maktabani kila jioni.I study in the library every evening.
- Maktaba ya chuo ina vitabu vingi.The college library has many books.
- Alirudisha vitabu maktabani jana.She returned the books to the library yesterday.
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