Group 1: (known as "ngeli") in Swahili

A- WA

To this group we have words whose singular forms take an "a-" as the indicator. Their corresponding plurals MUST always take "wa-" as their indicators.

This group has in it all nouns indicating people, occupations, and also all live animals/insects/fish, etc.

Examples of such nouns include:

singular nouns: mtu- person, mnyama- animal, mdudu- insect

plurals: watu- people, wanyama- animals, wadudu- insects

mtu anakula (singular for: a person is eating)- watu wanakula (plural: people are eating)

mnyama mkubwa (singular for: a big animal)- wanyama wakubwa (plural: big animals)

More examples at www.ojobz.com/swahili-class