penda
verb
to like; to love.
It can describe liking a particular thing.
Origins
Penda is not an old Proto-Bantu root; linguists treat it as a newer word that arose within the Northeast Bantu languages, cognate with Giryama -henza.
Sources3
A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), PDF page 335.
Discusses penda derivatives and illustrates liking with mpenda sukari. Historical evidence; not a survey of current Kenyan speech.
University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center, University of Kansas Kiswahili Glossary (University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center), penda glossary rows.
Gives -penda as “to like”.
- penda (Wiktionary)
Describes penda as an innovated term in Northeast Bantu languages, cognate with Giryama -henza.
Examples
Ninapenda kusoma vitabu.
I like reading books.
Anapenda chai sana.
She loves tea very much.
Je, unapenda kucheza mpira?
Do you like playing soccer?
Tunapenda kwenda pwani.
We like going to the beach.
Wanapenda muziki wa dansi.
They love dance music.
Alipenda sana zawadi yake.
He really liked his gift.
Mtoto hapendi kulala mapema.
The child does not like to sleep early.
Unapenda kufanya nini?
What do you like doing?
Ningependa chai, tafadhali.
I’d like tea, please.
