Modern Swahili

by Pauline Mandari

A complete language course that will teach you to be able to speak, write and understand basic Swahili in no time. Many language books are boring—this one is not. Written by a native Swahili speaker it offers hundreds of words for using the language more fluently and colloquially with fewer obvious errors.

Written with common sense and a minimum of information it covers everything from pronunciation, verb usage, and common grammatical mistakes to the subtleties of addressing other people, words that look alike in both languages, inadvertent obscenities, and intentional swearing. She guides readers through the set phrases and idiomatic expressions that make the native speaker's conversation and provides a valuable introduction to the most widely used Swahili slang.

107 pages, Paperback

First published September 19, 2014

About the author

Pauline Mandari was born in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania to a preacher's dad and an entrepreneur mom, grew up in Arusha, Tanzania. She once owned a successful bakery and catering business for 5 years in Northern New Jersey.

She splits her time between managing a publishing & IT consulting company and her 255RoleModel philanthropy. She is the founder and CEO of Toto Shine Magazine a children magazine aims to promote young writers & artists. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toto-...

When not working Pauline can be found in a park writing, reading a book, camping, playing tennis and road trips. She lives in northern New Jersey with her family.

Reviews

[Timothee · Rating 5 out of 5]

great

[Pauline · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my book and I think it deserves a 5 stars from the amount of time and love I put on it.....:) It is easy, funny and not boring at all. Although it's funny and not boring at all but it is more of a professional language learning book...Read it if you would like to learn another foreign language as a hobby or as a challenge or if you are planning to visit any of the Swahili speaking countries.