Kiswahili Hatua Kwa Hatua has been designed to suit the general demands of a learner in Swahili as a foreign language in a duration of at least one and a half months.
This book introduces grammar in the simplest manner possible that is encouraging and fun to the learner. Each chapter (sura) has well designed dialogues and speech exercises with key words intended for the learner to improve his / her vocabulary. New words in each chapter or exercise are shown. At the end of each chapter, simple questions are given to be attempted either in class or at the learner’s own free time. This will act as a reminder of what has been covered in the chapter or previous chapters.
Additionally, the book exhibits the use of -ka- narrative tense and -ki- conditional and simultaneous tense." Get yourself a copy of Kiswahili Kwa Hatua if you want to speak Swahili in the shortest
time possible."
In a nutshell, the book shows the key tenses (present continuous – na-, simple past –li-, simple future –ta-, present perfect –me-, habitual Hu- and present simple -a-), counting, noun classes and
three forms of verbs (the commanding –e form; the Prepositional i-
/
-e-
form
and
the
passive
-w-
form).