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How do you say room in Swahili, as in a hotel room?

Room is chumba.

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  1. Chumba ✔
  2. Choo
  3. Chumvi

Why: Chumba means room. Ninataka chumba means I want a room. Do not mix it up with choo, the toilet.

Huh, didn't know that: The plural of chumba is vyumba, because the noun is in the ki/vi class.

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I asked for a chumba with a view. I got a great view of another chumba.
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References

Answer: Chumba. Chumba means room. Ninataka chumba means I want a room. Do not mix it up with choo, the toilet.

  1. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 36 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_36.pdf
    chumba/ vyumba [room/rooms]
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  2. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 23 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_23.pdf
    ninataka [I want]
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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