Msitu

Msitu

forest

Swahili → English

Example

Tulipotea ndani ya msitu mnene.
We got lost inside the dense forest.
Pronunciation: Too-lee-po-TEH-a N-DAH-nee ya M-SEE-too m-NEH-neh
Grammar: “Msitu” (forest) is M-/MI- class; plural is “misitu.” The adjective “mnene” (thick/dense) takes the M- prefix to agree with “msitu.”