Swahili Calendar

Days of the week.

Here is how to say the days of the week in Swahili.

English	Swahili
Saturday	Jumamosi
Sunday	Jumapili
Monday	Jumatatu
Tuesday	Jumanne
Wednesday	Jumatano
Thursday	Alhamisi
Friday	Ijumaa

Months of the year.

Here is how to say different months of the year in Swahili.

English	Swahili
January	Januari
February	Februari
March	Machi
April	Aprili
May	Mei
June	Juni
July	Julai
August	Agosti
September	Septemba
October	Octoba
November	Novemba
December	Disemba

Years

In Swahili, the years are said as numbers e.g 2017 is Mwaka wa elfu mbili kumi na saba. You can brush up on saying numbers in Swahili here.

Dates in Swahili are said as follows:

English	Swahili
December 31, 1999	Decemba tarehe thelathini na moja mwaka wa elfu moja mia tisa tisini na tisa.
January 1, 2000	Januari tarehe moja, mwaka wa elfu mbili.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017	Jumatano, Februari tarehe moja, mwaka wa elfu mbili kumi na saba.
December 25th	Decemba tarehe ishirini na tano.
Friday the 13th	Tarehe kumi na tatu Ijumaa.
January 1st to 10th	Januari tarehe moja hadi tarehe kumi.

Quiz

Julius Muange

Julius Muange is available to take personal and group lessons in Spoken Swahili throughout the Nairobi area. Over a period of 25 years, Julius has developed comprehensive and functional courses in Spoken Swahili that encompass beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. He has taught Spoken Swahili to people from many countries.

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OPIYO ISAAC

July 12, 2019 / 6:06 PM Reply

I am a student of UHTTI in jinja , i do really want to learn kiswahili so that one day i can work in kiswahili speaking countries…..