F - f
| face | uso |
| · | sura |
| face towards | -tazama |
| facile | rahisi |
| factory | karakana |
| · | kiwanda |
| fail | -shindwa |
| faint | hafifu |
| fair | soko |
| fairy | jini |
| faithful | -aminifu |
| · | mwaminifu |
| fall down | -anguka |
| fall drop by drop | -tona |
| fall over | -anguka |
| family | ukoo |
| famine | njaa |
| far | mbali |
| far from | mbali ya |
| farewell | kwa heri |
| farm | shamba |
| farmer | mkulima |
| · | mlimaji |
| farming | ukulima |
| fast | chap(u) chap(u) |
| · | -epesi |
| · | -funga |
| fasten | -funga |
| fat | -nene |
| fat (animal) | -nono |
| father | baba |
| favoritism | upendeleo |
| fear | woga |
| · | -ogopa |
| · | hofu |
| feast | karamu |
| feath | imani |
| feather | unyoya |
| feathers | manyonya |
| Februari | Februari |
| feces | choo |
| fee | ada |
| feed | -lisha |
| feel bad | -ugua |
| feel better (after illness) | -poa |
| feel good again | -burudisha |
| feel pity for | -hurumia |
| feel sadness for | -huzunia |
| feel scorn for | -dharaulia |
| female | -ke |
| · | -a kike |
| female genitals | kuma |
| feminine | -a kike |
| fence | ua |
| fence in | -jengea ua |
| ferment | -ozesha |
| fetus | mimba |
| fever | homa |
| field | shamba |
| fierce | -kali |
| fierceness | ukali |
| fifth | -a tano |
| fifty | hamsini |
| · | hamsini |
| fifty cent coin | thumuni |
| fight | -pigana |
| fight for smth | -pigania |
| fig-tree | mkuyu |
| fill | -jaza |
| fill up | -jaa |
| filter | -chuja |
| finally | hatimaye |
| finaly | mwisho |
| find | -kuta |
| · | -ona |
| fine | njema |
| · | bora |
| · | -zuri |
| · | faini |
| fine ! | salama ! |
| finger | kidole |
| fingernail | ukucha |
| finish | -isha |
| · | -maliza |
| · | -kamilisha |
| finished | tayari |
| fire | -fukuza |
| · | moto |
| fire wood | ukuni |
| firewood | kuni |
| firm | -shupavu |
| first | -a kwanza |
| · | kwanza |
| firstly | kwanza |
| fish | samaki |
| · | -vua |
| fisherman | mvuvi |
| fishscale | magamba |
| fist | ngumi |
| five | tano |
| flag | bendera |
| flap wings | -piga mabawa |
| flash | -angaza |
| flat part of a hand | kofi |
| flavor (pleasant) | utamu |
| flea | kiroboto |
| flesh | mnofu |
| float | -elea |
| flood | gharika |
| floor | sakafu |
| flour | unga |
| flourish | -sitawi |
| flow | -tiririka |
| flower | ua |
| fly | nzi |
| · | -ruka |
| · | inzi |
| foam | povu |
| fog | ukungu |
| fold | -kunja |
| folk | watu |
| follow | -fuata |
| follow each other | -fuatana |
| · | -andamana |
| food | chakula |
| fool | mjinga |
| foolishness | ujinga |
| foot | mguu |
| foot (measure) | futi |
| football | mpira (wa miguu) |
| footprint | wayo |
| · | uwayo |
| · | unyayo |
| for | kwa |
| for ever | milele |
| for the reason that | kwa sababu |
| for what reason ? | kwa sababu gani ? |
| forbid | -kataza |
| · | -zuia |
| forbidden | haramu |
| force | nguvu |
| forearm | mkono |
| foreign | -a kigeni |
| · | -geni |
| foreign country | ng'ambo |
| foreigner | mgeni |
| forest | msitu |
| foretell | -agua |
| foreward | mbele |
| forget | -sahau |
| forget to | -sahaulia |
| forgetful | sahaulifu |
| forgetfulness | usahaulifu |
| forgive | -samehe |
| forgive each other | -sameheana |
| forgive to | -samehea |
| fork | uma |
| fork in a road | njia panda |
| form of address to a group of people | jamani |
| formerly | juzi juzi |
| · | mbele |
| fortune | mali |
| forty | arobaini |
| foundation | msingi |
| four | -nne |
| fourth | -a nne |
| fowl | kuku |
| · | kanga |
| fragment | kipande |
| France | Ufaransa |
| free | -a bure |
| · | bure |
| · | huru |
| freedom | uhuru |
| French | kifaransa |
| French (person) | mfaransa |
| Frenchman | mfaransa |
| frequently | mara nyingi |
| Friday | Ijumaa |
| friend | mwenzi |
| · | rafiki |
| frighten | -ogopesha |
| · | -tisha |
| fritter (food cooked in a frying pan) | kitumbua |
| frog | chura |
| from | kutoka |
| from time time | mara kwa mara |
| frond | kitawi |
| front | mbele |
| froth | povu |
| froth over | -umuka |
| fruit | tunda |
| fry | -kaanga |
| funeral | mazishi |
| fur | manyoya |