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

dont buy this app...doesnt work at all!!!!!

This app is really detailed when it comes to the grammatical structure of Swahili. Very cool & useful. The developer is also very responsive to reports of issues/bugs.

This is an amazing app. Very detailed and plenty of lessons to either learn, or get better at Swahili. I travel to east Africa every year and use this app to keep my Swahili fresh. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn.

Before I got this app, I had just been floundering around memorizing Swahili words. This app actually explains the grammar behind word and sentence construction, so now I can actually speak sentences and figure out how to properly express things and decode new words. Dont try to learn Swahili without it!!!

Love this simple and easy app.

This app is great! Helps me practice grammar structuring as well!!

Ive always wanted to learn the language, this app is perfect

Thanks for putting together a great introductory app! It would be ideal to do another iteration with more phrases and to test actual sentence construction, but this is fantastic to start!

Asanta sana. for putting basic Swahili on iPhone. I improve this language when I use my iPhone. Mungu akubariki who put it on the iPhone Asante sana tena.

I loved this app and was learning at a rapid rate. Once I had to update, the app does not work anymore! I am greatly disappointed because in the beginning I would have given the app a 5 star rating. Please fix!

Before I installed the update everything was fine. What sets this app apart from the others I have downloaded is the quiz section. I like that I can test my knowledge after completing a session. The narrators voice is nice and clear and the interface is nicely designed. However, after the update I could not even launch the program without it immediately crashing. What I wound up doing is deleting the app from my iPad and reinstalling it. I thought I would be prompted that I already purchased the app, but that message never came up and I was charged a second time for the app :-/ So now it at least starts. Ive tried the posting to Facebook option and that worked fine, as well as the word of the day. I have not tried recording my voice yet so I dont know if it will crash at that point or not. Anyway, all in all its a pretty solid app that Im willing to take the $2.99 hit..... Maybe ....

The narrators voice is clear. I love how I can record my own voice to hear if Im saying the phrase correctly and that there is a quiz for every section.. U can even post it to Facebook. I wish there were more words and phrases and would pay more money if there were because I love the set-up and layout!

I have been to Tanzania. By the time I got home I had developed a passion for the African people, this program gave me a way to learn more Swahili. I look forward to going back to Africa with a better understanding of Swahili.

I too was having a problem with the app crashing but after closing the app and restarting the iPad and then restarting the app, I havent had another problem with it crashing. It is a great program for the cost. I only wish it were more geared toward casual conversation such as Hujambo for a greeting. My wife and I are quickly learning to converse with each other in Kiswahili using this program. Again this is a very good program.

I am taking Swahili at Ohio State and this app is helping me already. App used to crash. They fixed it a week after my review. This app saved me today during class!

This app has really helped me start to learn the basics for Swahili in an organized way. I really like the quizzes, which help wrap up the information learned. The only thing I would change is to be able to expand the vocabulary on the app. Very useful and helpful app!

Thanks for this very helpful tool to improve Swahili. Love the word or phrase of the day!

The upside is that this program is very easy to use. The downside is that many of the words and phrases are incorrect to their displayed meanings. Habari, is not "hello" it more literally translates into "news" or "information." There are several other poor translations in this program. It seems clear that it was not developed by an individual with a solid msingi wa kusema, kusoma, na kuandika Kiswhili.

It Is the best swahili app on the app store, however is not very good because it teaches you in the worst way you can possibly learn; by just memorizing phrases and words. Many people take this approach to language learning and teaching, and trust me, i know from experience it doesnt work. You need tovlearn how the language actually works and everything to be able to learn to converse. It cannot be a primary resource for learning swahili but can help you for some basic phrases you might use while traveling and as a word reference. It also helps because you can hear native speakers and record and hear yourself. But if you actualy wanna learn it well get Rosetta Stone it is great, and the best language system i have ever used. So prety much overall only get it if you only plan on learning a couple phrases for travel and cant afford something much better like Rosetta Stone.

This may not be the best resource for learning an entire language but its definently a great place to start! Many great words and phrases that will help anyone with a passion to learn the language grow in fluency.