# Swahili Primer - Learn To Speak And Write Swahili Language: Grammar, Vocabulary & Exercises

> Comprehensive Swahili audio course for beginners to intermediate learners. (iPhone/iPad app by Nana Sarpong.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swahili-primer-learn-to-speak-and-write-swahili-language-grammar-vocabulary-and-exercises/id439407285 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nana Sarpong](https://appshunter.io/developer/354134066)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: $2.99
- Rating: 4.66/5 from 74 App Store ratings · 90 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 7.0 · 134 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2011-05-30
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swahili-primer-learn-to-speak-and-write-swahili-language-grammar-vocabulary-and-exercises/id439407285/reviews.md

## What is Swahili Primer?

If you want to speak and write Swahili language Swahili Primer is the most comprehensive Swahili audio training language course on the iPhone and iPad.

FIFTEEN TOPICS
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Learn fifteen exhaustive topics to get you from a complete beginner to an intermediate speaker as quickly as possible.

Some of the topics include, Alphabet & Digraphs, Prepositions, Pronouns, Tenses, Telling Time, Human body etc.

CUMULATIVE LEARNING
====================
Start learning from the Alphabet and progress to Prepositions and so on.

Your current topic is built on previous topics. You should proceed to the next topic after you complete the two challenges presented in your present topic.

LEARN WITH AUDIO
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You will learn the Swahili grammar rules and tips with a lot of example words and sentences under all the 15 topics. Each topic presents you with a list of words and example sentences with audio. This is to help you grasp the pronunciation. Play and listen to each one and record and compare with the native pronunciations.

TRY THE CHALLENGES
===================
Each topic is evaluated with two challenges; Fill the Gaps and Listen Carefully. You should do these challenges when you've learned enough under each topic.

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If you are feeling generous with your time please take a moment and let me know what you think of the course.

I really hope that Swahili Primer will help you to get up to speed with learning Swahili.

## Key features

- Fifteen exhaustive topics
- Cumulative learning structure
- Audio examples for pronunciation
- Record and compare native pronunciation
- Fill the Gaps challenges
- Listen Carefully challenges

## What do users think of Swahili Primer?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use and understand
- 🗣️ Clear pronunciation and audio
- 📚 Good for learning grammar and vocabulary
- 💡 Practical approach to learning
- 🚀 Fast and efficient learning
- ✅ Accurate information
- 👍 Well-organized and structured
- 🎧 Helpful audio and recording features
- 💯 Great for beginners
- ✨ Useful for travel preparation
- 📝 Clear explanations
- 💯 Highly recommended
- 🌟 Good value for money

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- ❌ Missing essential content like greetings
- 🐞 Typos and errors in content
- 🤔 Inconsistent translations
- ❓ Some links to pronunciations are off
- 🚫 No visual aids (pictures)
- 🤔 Quizzes can be too easy
- 💸 App needs to be repurchased after update
- 🤔 Not a primary resource for deep learning

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App stopped working
- Stopped working for a while now
- Not functioning
- Freezes continually
- Keeps crashing
- Crashes after first word
- Doesn't work now
- Automatically crashes every time
- Hangs every time you use the record feature
- Garbled recording and freezes
- Sound recorder does not work
- Constantly freezes
- Prone to occasional crashes
- Keeps crashing when I record my own voice
- App always crashes
- App freezing
- App crashes when you try to record yourself
- App freezing
- App crashes every time I try get onto the speak listen, record, repeat
- Recording feature only worked on my iPod (os6)
- App used to crash. They fixed it
- App crashing
- Update caused app to not work
- App does not work anymore
- Crash

**Most requested features**

- More vocabulary
- Pictures with object words
- More review games
- Harder level of exercises
- Explanations about language structure
- Audio quizzes
- More innovative features
- More words and phrases
- Expand vocabulary

## Recent user reviews (10 of 90)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swahili-primer-learn-to-speak-and-write-swahili-language-grammar-vocabulary-and-exercises/id439407285/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Not functioning

*2024-09-26*

Seems like this stopped working for a while now.

### 4/5 — Swahili learning

*2020-08-09, version 2.0.7*

I love this app and I wish it has more vocabulary.

### 5/5 — Fantastic

*2019-12-13*

This is one of my go to tools which has helped me so much as I grow my Swahili. I would recommend it to anyone learning the language.

### 5/5 — Great

*2019-07-17, version 2.0.7*

Marvelous app

### 3/5 — Enough!

*2019-04-10, version 2.0.7*

I would have given it a higher rating if it didn’t interrupt me so often asking for a review - even after I gave it some stars!

### 4/5 — Helpful App...

*2019-01-07, version 2.0.7*

When used with other Apps. The good thing here is some very necessary terms to help construct Kiswahili grammar correctly show up. They are also correct, best I can tell. Other apps seem to have various mistakes or colloquialisms or Sheng input. What’s here tracks with various dictionaries. I greatly appreciate the way this app is put together; simple yet powerful. THANK YOU!

### 1/5 — No greetings?!

*2018-11-30*

I can’t believe how the app tries to teach things like house items and colours but there is absolutely nothing about greetings like “Hello” and “Goodbye”.

Perhaps people in this language don’t greet each other?

### 4/5 — Great app! A few typos

*2018-10-31, version 2.0.7*

I love this app! It really love the portability of it and the wide variety of vocabulary and lessons. They’re are a few typos like in numbers section, they say kitabu is bed when it is actually book for example. Other than that, it’s great!

### 5/5 — Very Useful! Especially for the way I learn.

*2018-08-06, version 2.0.7*

Am enjoying it immensely! Got it in tandem with another Swahili app. Very good together. The audio is extremely helpful! Highly recommend!

### 4/5 — So far so good

*2017-12-20, version 2.0.7*

Went over lessons once and left it alone for some days. Got back to it and it felt more natural. Seems not cramming it works good.

## Frequently asked questions about Swahili Primer

### What does Swahili Primer do?

Swahili Primer is a comprehensive audio training course designed to help users learn to speak and write Swahili. It covers grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation through fifteen structured topics.

### How does the learning process work?

The app uses a cumulative learning structure, starting with the alphabet and progressing through fifteen topics. Each topic builds upon the previous one, and users are encouraged to complete challenges after mastering the material.

### What kind of exercises are included?

Each topic includes two types of challenges: 'Fill the Gaps' and 'Listen Carefully'. These exercises are designed to test and reinforce the user's understanding of Swahili grammar, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

### Can I practice pronunciation?

Yes, the app provides audio examples for words and sentences within each topic. Users can listen to native pronunciations, record themselves speaking, and compare their own pronunciation to improve accuracy.

### What topics are covered in the course?

The course covers fifteen topics designed to take learners from beginner to intermediate levels. Some of the topics include the Alphabet & Digraphs, Prepositions, Pronouns, Tenses, Telling Time, and the Human body.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.7 — 2016-07-29

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

- Minor fixes and improvements

If you have a minute to leave a review for Swahili Primer in the App Store I’d really appreciate it. It really helps.

Thanks,
Nana

### 2.0.5 — 2016-06-29

- Fixed a bug that courses the app to crash in the Alphabet topic.
- Other minor fixes and improvements

If you have a minute to leave a review for Swahili Primer in the App Store I’d really appreciate it. It really helps.

Thanks,
Nana

### 2.0.4 — 2016-05-19

- Fixed a bug that courses the app to not load properly on iPod touch.
- Other minor fixes and improvements

If you have a minute to leave a review for Swahili Primer in the App Store I’d really appreciate it. It really helps.

Thanks,
Nana

### 2.0.3 — 2015-07-08

1. Swahili Primer is now 64-bit compatible.
2. I fixed bugs with the 5 Words of the Day section and the Record and Compare section. Sorry about the crashes.

You should also check out my new Swahili app, Swahili Phrasebook, at http://bitly.com/1CGuA2L 

Thanks for using Swahili Primer to learn Swahili.

### 2.0.2 — 2014-04-27

Bugs fixed in the Verbs Exercise

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