Book definition in English

Book means:

1. a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers.

2. reserve (accommodation, a place, etc.); buy (a ticket) in advance.

Book in Swahili

The translation of book in Swahili depends on the above definitions:

• Book (printed or written pages) in Swahili is translated as: kitabu
• Book (reservation or accommodation) in Swahili is translated as: hifadhi, panga, nunua etc.

Examples of book in Swahili in sentences

• (Nilisoma kitabu wakati wa kula.) I read a book while eating.
• (Huenda umesoma kitabu hiki tayari.) You may have read this book already.
• (Tafadhali niwekee nafasi ya chumba katika hoteli ya daraja la kwanza.) Please book me a room in a first-class hotel.
• (Je, nitahifadhi wapi ziara ya basi?) Where do I book a bus tour?
• (Nimepanga meza hotelini.) I have booked a table at the hotel.
• (Nilihifadhi kiti cha filamu karibu na wewe.) I booked a movie seat next to you.
• (Nimepanga chumba cha hoteli ili kulala.) I have booked a hotel room to spend the night.
• (Je, umemaliza kusoma kitabu hicho bado?) Have you finished reading that book yet?
• (Ukisoma kitabu hiki tena, utakuwa umekisoma mara tatu.) If you read this book again, you will have read it three times.
• (Kwa nini unataka kununua kitabu hiki?) Why do you want to buy this book?
• (Lazima urudishe kitabu kwake.) You must return the book to him.
• (Lazima usome kitabu hiki pia.) You must read this book also.
• (Inabidi tu kusoma kurasa chache za kitabu hiki.) You have only to read a few pages of this book.
• (Unapaswa kwa njia zote kusoma kitabu.) You should by all means read the book.
• (Unaweza kusoma kitabu chochote unachopenda.) You may read whichever book you like.
• (Nilisoma kitabu chako kipya kwa furaha ya kweli.) I read your new book with real delight.
• (Nataka usome kitabu hiki.) I want you to read this book.
• (Shukrani kwa msaada wako, niliweza kuelewa kitabu vizuri kabisa.) Thanks to your help, I could understand the book quite well.
• (Umeandika kitabu hiki?) You wrote this book?
• (Fungua kitabu chako kwenye ukurasa wa tisa.) Open your book to page nine.
• (Sio kila kitabu kwenye dawati ni mali yangu.) Not every book on the desk belongs to me.
• (Ninaona kitabu kwenye dawati.) I see a book on the desk.
• (Kulikuwa na kitabu kwenye dawati?) Was there a book on the desk?
• (Kuna kitabu kimoja tu kwenye dawati.) There is only one book on the desk.
• (Kama ilivyoandikwa kwa Kiingereza rahisi, kitabu hiki ni rahisi kusoma.) As it is written in simple English, this book is easy to read.
• (Soma kitabu hiki kwa burudani yako.) Read this book at your leisure.
• (Kitabu changu kinafanya nini hapa?) What’s my book doing here?