English Swahili Dictionary [Paperback]

Willy A. Kirkeby (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1069 pages
• Publisher: Kakepela Pub. Co. (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8299457327
• ISBN-13: 978-8299457323
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,852,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, April 26, 2001

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Andreas Holmberg (Tanzania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: English Swahili Dictionary (Paperback)

This is a fantastic dictionary! By far the best english-swahili dictionary around. I strongly recommend to anyone planning to learn swahili and even to those already familiar with the language. This is not only a dictionary to look up words but also a dictionary to actually sit and read and learn new things from. Super!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Swahili-English, November 29, 2006

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P. Murphy "Livng4god" (KY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: English Swahili Dictionary (Paperback)

This is a great dictionary if you want to look up an English word and find the correct way to use the Swahili word, as a previous review said it is very comprehensive in showing the usage. BUT it's not like every other language dictionary I've had that has half English-Swahili and the other half Swahili-English....this is only English to Swahili, which can be very frustrating when you're faced with a Swahili word you don't know.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For each entry there are lots of useful phrases!, December 11, 2004

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VENTURINI VIVIANA (NAVE, BRESCIA Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: English Swahili Dictionary (Paperback)

I consider this English-Swahili dictionary a great work of linguistics, because of the loads of detail it contains. There are about 60,000 entries, the English words have their phonetics transcriptions, and for each entry you get lots of useful phrases that show you HOW the language really works in each CONTEXT, "a characteristic feature of this dictionary is the extensive use of labels, even where the choice is difficult and where considerations of convenience might indicate that they be omitted." The author didn't forget a "thorough coverage of life in tropical waters, and the inclusion of all animals, birds and trees indigenous to Africa." The use of phrases really works, and help you to better understand and memorize the Swahili language.