SESKStuff Everyone Should Know
SESK: Stuff Everyone Should Know · sesk.info/sw-hospitali

How do you say hospital in Swahili?

Hospital is hospitali.

Start playing free

  1. Daktari
  2. Duka
  3. Hospitali ✔

Why: Hospitali means hospital. Nitaenda hospitalini means I will go to the hospital.

Huh, didn't know that: Dawa means medicine, which is why a pharmacy is a duka la dawa.

The dad joke
I went to the duka instead of the hospitali and asked for a bandage. They sold me a chapati.
Like this card?
Play the game

References

Answer: Hospitali. Hospitali means hospital. Nitaenda hospitalini means I will go to the hospital.

  1. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 37 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_37.pdf
    Nitaenda hospitalini. [I will go to the hospital.]
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  2. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 37 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_37.pdf
    duka la dawa [pharmacy]
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  3. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 37 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_37.pdf
    nyumbani [inside the house]
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  4. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 30 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_30.pdf
    Kunywa dawa. [Drink/Take medicine.]
    Checked 2026-10-12.

Think this answer is wrong? Tap "Challenge this answer" on the card in the game and tell us why.

Test yourself in the game

LanguagesHow do you say doctor in Swahili?LanguagesWhat does msaada mean in Swahili?LanguagesWhat does polisi mean in Swahili?

That's stuff everyone should know.