33 ESSENTIAL phrases in Swahili to speak about Eat

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English	Swahili
Breakfast	Kifungua kinywa
Lunch	Chakula cha mchana
Snack	Vitafunio
Dinner	Chakula cha jioni
eat breakfast	kula kifungua kinywa
eat lunch	kula chakula cha mchana
eat dinner	kula chakula cha jioni
Eggs	Mayai
Cheese	Jibini
Bread	Mkate
Soup	Supu
Cake	Keki
Chicken	Kuku
apple	tufaha
Banana	Ndizi
Orange	Chungwa
Lemon	Ndimu
Corn	Mahindi
Rice	Mchele
could I see the menu, please	naweza kuona menyu, tafadhali
have you eaten	umekula
it was delicious	ilikuwa ladha
the bill, please	muswada, tafadhali
He was eating meat and salad	Alikuwa akila nyama na saladi
what did you eat for lunch ?	ulikula nini kwa chakula cha mchana?
Do you have breakfast?	Je, una kifungua kinywa?
cookie	kuki
meals of the day	milo ya siku
Morning is breakfast time.	Asubuhi ni wakati wa kifungua kinywa.
At noon, we have lunch.	Saa sita mchana, tuna chakula cha mchana.
In the afternoon, we sometimes have a snack.	Wakati wa mchana, wakati mwingine tunapata vitafunio.
In the evening, it's time for dinner.	Jioni, ni wakati wa chakula cha jioni.
I am hungry	Nina njaa

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