Swahili texts by level with translation
Short stories in Swahili for learners, about five minutes of reading each, with a translation under every sentence and audio narrated by native speakers. Every story comes in two versions: adapted for A1-A2 and the original for B1-B2.
Stories in Swahili
The adapted version: short sentences and the most common words.
The original story, as it is written.
Five minutes of reading each, a translation under every sentence, audio with the current word highlighted.
A1-A2Muswada wa VoynichThe Voynich Manuscript
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunaweza Kupoteza Akili Kwa Sababu ya Upendo?Why Do We Lose Our Heads Over Love?
A1-A2Uthiri wa Placebo Unafanyaje Kazi?How Does the Placebo Effect Work?
A1-A2Wi-Fi Inafanyaje KaziHow does Wi-Fi work
A1-A2Ni nini kinachotufanya sisi kuwa "sisi"What makes us "us"
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunapenda Kuchukua Picha za Kiselfie Sana?Why Do We Love Taking Selfies So Much?
A1-A2Je, Kitabu Kilitabiri Kwa Nini Titanic Ilizama?How Did a Book Predict the Sinking of the Titanic?
A1-A2Nini hufanyika ukimpa konokono kahawa?What happens if you give coffee to a snail?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Makovu Hayachaniki?Why Don't Scars Tan?
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kuunda Nenosiri Salama Kabisa?Is It Possible to Create an Absolutely Secure Password?
A1-A2Akili Bandia Inanukuu Nani?Whom Does the Artificial Intelligence Quote?
A1-A2Ulimwengu wa Kuvutia wa Mitandao ya Kijamii: Uokoaji au Mtego wa Akili?The Fascinating World of Social Media: A Rescue or a Trap for the Mind?
A1-A2Tarehe ya Kifo cha Hitler Inaficha Nini?What Does the Date of Hitler’s Death Conceal?
A1-A2Wanyama wanahisi vipi maafa?How do animals sense disasters?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Maji ya Nyanya Yana Ladha Bora Zaidi Angani?Why Does Tomato Juice Taste Better in the Sky?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Pikseli Si Miraba Midogo: Muundo wa Picha na Udanganyifu wa UkweliWhy Pixels Aren't Little Squares: The Anatomy of an Image and the Illusion of Reality
A1-A2Unahitaji Vitu Vingapi Ili Uwe na Furaha?How Many Things Do You Need for Happiness?
A1-A2Wakati Jina Letu LinatuamuliaWhen Our Name Decides for Us
A1-A2Mtu Mmoja Alinusurika Vipi Katika Maangamizi ya Hiroshima na Nagasaki?How Did One Man Survive Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kukuza Burgeri Maabara?Is It Possible to Grow a Burger in a Laboratory?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunalia — na Kwa Nini Hii Inafaa?Why Do We Cry — and Why Is It Beneficial?
A1-A2Satelaiti Hufanya Nini Inapokuwa na Uchovu?What Does a Satellite Do When It's Bored?
A1-A2Tuna Kitu Gani Cha Kufanana na Wagiriki wa Kale?What Do We Have in Common with the Ancient Greeks?
A1-A2Fobia za Ajabu Zaidi Zinatoka Wapi?Where Do the Strangest Phobias Come From?
A1-A2Paka Aliwezaje Kupata Kazi katika Serikali ya Uingereza?How Did a Cat Get a Job in the British Government?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Kereng’ende Anahitaji Lenzi 30,000 Katika Kila Jicho?Why Does a Dragonfly Need 30,000 Lenses in Each Eye?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Vidole Vinaitikisa Maji?Why Do Fingers Wrinkle in Water?
A1-A2Msimbo wa QR Ulitoka Wapi—Na Kwa Nini Uko Kila Mahali Sasa?Where Did the QR Code Come From—and Why Is It Everywhere Now?
A1-A2Je, Tuna Udhibiti wa Maisha Yetu Wenyewe?Are We in Control of Our Own Lives?
A1-A2ADHD: Mgomo wa Kusumbua au Ni Uzuri wa Wakati?ADHD: A Distraction Epidemic or Just a Fad?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Coca-Cola Ilimtengenezea Marshal Zhukov Kola Isiyo na Rangi?Why Did Coca-Cola Make a Colorless Cola for Marshal Zhukov?
A1-A2Je, Mimea Inaweza Kuwa na Ufahamu wa Msingi?Can Plants Possess a Primitive Form of Consciousness?
A1-A2Tunavyohisi 'Wakati' na Kwa Nini Unakwenda Kasi Zaidi UnapokuaHow We "Feel" Time and Why It Speeds Up with Age
A1-A2Vifaa vya kiteknolojia vinajuaje unachotaka?How do gadgets know what you want?
A1-A2Je, kama kila kitu duniani hakina maana?What if everything in this world is meaningless?
A1-A2Ubongo Wetu Unazalisha Kumbukumbu za Kubuni Vipi?How Does Our Brain Generate False Memories?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Michezo ya Olimpiki ya Kwanza Ilishindwa?Why Were the First Olympic Games a Failure?
A1-A2Je, Pomboo Wanaweza Kuongea?Can Dolphins Talk?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Damu Yetu Ni Nyekundu, Lakini Mishipa Ni Buluu?Why Is Our Blood Red, But Veins Blue?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Ulimwengu Unahitaji Kompyuta ya Kwanta?Why Does the World Need a Quantum Computer?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunapenda Kuvunja Kanuni?Why Do We Love Breaking Rules?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunaamini Katika Ushetani?Why Do We Believe in Superstitions?
A1-A2Pizza Margherita Ilivyokuwa Ishara ya Italia?How Did the Margherita Pizza Become a Symbol of Italy?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Wanyama Wavivu Ni Wapolepole Sana?Why Are Sloths So Slow?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Hatukumbuki Miaka Yetu ya Utotoni?Why Don't We Remember the Early Years of Our Lives?
A1-A2Nyepesi zaidi kuliko Sauti: Silaha ya Baadaye au Kosa la Sasa?Hypersonics: Weapon of the Future or Mistake of the Present?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Wewe Si Wewe Unapokuwa na NjaaWhy Aren't You You When You're Hungry
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunaona Déjà Vu?Why Does Déjà Vu Occur?
A1-A2Thomas Edison Alitafutaje Sauti za Wafu?How Did Thomas Edison Search for the Voices of the Dead?
A1-A2Je Wanyama Wanahisi Aibu na Wivu Kweli?Do Animals Really Feel Shame and Jealousy?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Hatuwezi Kujichochonya?Why Can't We Tickle Ourselves?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Muda Unakwenda Mbele Pekee — na Entropi Inahusikaje na Hilo?Why Does Time Only Move Forward — and What Does Entropy Have to Do with It?
A1-A2Je, Immanuel Kant Angejibu Vipi Maswali Kutoka Reddit?How Would Immanuel Kant Answer Questions from Reddit?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Watu Hunong'ona?Why Do People Gossip?
A1-A2Watu Walikuwa Wanaamka Kwa Wakati Vipi Kabla ya Kuvumbuliwa kwa Saa ya Kengele?How Did People Wake Up on Time Before the Invention of the Alarm Clock?
A1-A2Jinsi Wanyama Wanavyodanganya kwa Mapenzi: Mapenzi, Udanganyifu na Mabadiliko ya KimaumbileHow Animals Deceive for Love: Love, Deception, and Evolution
A1-A2Vipi Dawa za Kupunguza Unyogovu Ziligunduliwa Kwa Bahati Nasibu?How Antidepressants Were Accidentally Invented?
A1-A2Je, inawezekana kuunda betri ya kudumu milele?Is it possible to create a perpetual battery?
A1-A2Jinsi Ukweli UnatutesaHow Truth Makes Us Suffer
A1-A2Kwa Nini Hofu Inaleta Furaha?Why Does Fear Bring Pleasure?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunashikana Mikono?Why Do We Shake Hands?
A1-A2Kwa nini viumbe hai wengine wana uhai wa milele?Why do some living creatures possess immortality?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Kafeini Hutufanya Tuwe Wajanja Zaidi?Why Does Caffeine Make Us Smarter?
A1-A2Siku Moja Bila GPS: Nini Kitatokea Ikiwa Satelaiti Zitanyamaza?One Day Without GPS: What Happens If Satellites Go Silent?
A1-A2Je, Una Hakika Wewe Ni Mwanadamu?Are You Sure You Are a Human?
A1-A2Uchumi wa Akili wa Sauti: Muziki Huathirije Hisia?Neurochemistry of Sound: How Music Affects Mood?
A1-A2Komiki Zilianzaje?How Did Comics Originate?
A1-A2Ni wanyama gani wanaweza kutambua nafsi yao?What animals are capable of self-awareness?
A1-A2Umeme wa Kisasa, Heroini, na Lobotomia: Magonjwa Yalitibiwa Vipi Miaka 100 Iliyopita?Electroshock, Heroin, and Lobotomy: How Were Illnesses Treated 100 Years Ago?
A1-A2Je, Mitandao ya Neva Inafikiri Kweli?Do Neural Networks Really Think?
A1-A2Je, Uhalisi Wetu ni Ukweli?Is Our Reality Real?
A1-A2Je, Kweli Unachagua Unachonunua?Do You Really Choose What You Buy?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunapuliza Mishumaa Kwenye Keki za Kuzaliwa?Why Do We Blow Out Candles on Birthday Cakes?
A1-A2Kwa nini inanyesha theluji jangwani?Why does it snow in the desert?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Elon Musk Anataka Kuunganisha Ubongo na Kompyuta?Why Does Elon Musk Want to Connect the Brain to a Computer?
A1-A2Visaidizi vya Sauti Vinatuelewa Vipi?How Do Voice Assistants Understand Us?
A1-A2Tutaacha Nyuma Nini?What Will We Leave Behind?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tabasamu ni Dawa Bora ya Kupunguza Unyogovu?Why Smile is the Best Antidepressant?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Einstein Hakuvua Soksi?Why Didn't Einstein Wear Socks?
A1-A2Chernobyl Iligeuzwa Namna Gani Kuwa Hifadhi ya Asili?How Did Chernobyl Turn into a Nature Reserve?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Nywele Zetu Hugeuka Kuwa Kijivu — Na Je, Hali Hii Inaweza Kubadilishwa?Why Do We Turn Gray — And Can It Be Changed?
A1-A2Je, Mfumo wa Rubani Otomatiki Unafanya Kazi Vipi Kwenye Ndege?How Does Autopilot Work in an Airplane?
A1-A2Inamaanisha nini kuwa mtu mwema leo?What does it mean to be a good person today?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Wakati Mwingine Tunasahau Kwa Nini Tuliingia Chumbani?Why Do We Sometimes Forget Why We Entered a Room?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Van Gogh Alijikata Sikio?Why Did Van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
A1-A2Tardigrades: Wavamiaji Wadogo wa UlimwenguTardigrades: Tiny Conquerors of the Universe
A1-A2Je, inawezekana kudhibiti maumivu kwa nguvu ya akili?Is it possible to control pain with the power of the mind?
A1-A2Vichujio vya Instagram vinafanya kazi vipi?How do Instagram filters work?
A1-A2Tunaogopa Nini — na Kwa Nini Tunahitaji Hofu?What Are We Afraid Of — and Why Do We Need Fear?
A1-A2Kwa nini ni vigumu kuvunja tabia mbaya?Why is it so hard to break bad habits?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Wanaume wa China ya Kale Walikuwa na Kucha Ndefu?Why Did Men in Ancient China Wear Long Nails?
A1-A2Je, Bakteria Bandia Zinaweza Kuokoa Sayari Yetu?Can Synthetic Bacteria Save the Planet?
A1-A2Je, Unaweza Kufa Kutokana na Hofu?Can You Die of Fear?
A1-A2Je, Roboti Wanajifunzaje Kutabasamu na Kuonyesha Huruma?How Do Robots Learn to Smile and Empathize?
A1-A2Ni nini kinamfanya mtu awe na furaha?What makes a person happy?
A1-A2Je, Ubongo Unachagua Nini Kuhifadhi Kwenye Kumbukumbu?How Does the Brain Decide What to Keep in Memory?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Mpira wa Miguu Ulikatazwa Uingereza?Why Was Football Banned in England?
A1-A2Mimea Inaweza Kuongea?Can Plants Talk?
A1-A2Vipima Muda vya Kibiolojia Vinadhibiti Maisha Yetu Vipi?How Do Biological Clocks Control Our Lives?
A1-A2Gari la Umeme LinavyoendaHow Does an Electric Car Work
A1-A2Kwa Nini Ukimya UnatishaWhy is Silence Scary
A1-A2Rangi Huathirije Hisia Zako?How Do Colors Affect Your Mood?
A1-A2Jeansi Zilivyokuwa Ishara ya Uhuru?How Jeans Became a Symbol of Freedom?
A1-A2Je, Greta Thunberg Aweza Kweli Kuokoa Sayari?Can Greta Thunberg Really Save the Planet?
A1-A2Chanjo ya VVU: Tuko Karibu Kiasi Gani?HIV Vaccine: How Close Are We?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Nambari π Haimaliziki Kamwe?Why Does the Number π Never End?
A1-A2Ungebadilishaje "Siku ya Mnyama wa Ardhi" Yako?How Would You Change Your "Groundhog Day"?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunaweza Kupoteza Akili Katika Umati?Why Do We Lose Our Heads in a Crowd?
A1-A2Wavikingi wa Greenland Walikwenda Wapi?Where Did the Vikings of Greenland Go?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Paka Wanakoroma?Why Do Cats Purr?
A1-A2Ubongo Unajuaje Tunalohisi?How Does the Brain Decide What We Feel?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Bado Akili ya Mwanadamu Ina Uwezo Zaidi Kuliko Mitandao ya Neva?Why Is the Human Brain Still More Powerful Than Neural Networks?
A1-A2Kwa Nini "Sipendi Watu"?Why "I Don't Like People"?
A1-A2Nguvu ya Watu Wenye Tabia ya Kujikunyata ni Nini?What is the Strength of Introverts?
A1-A2Wapambe Walivyogundua Demokrasia?How Pirates Invented Democracy?
A1-A2Je, Samaki Wanaweza "Kuzama" Chini ya MajiCan Fish "Drown" Underwater
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kudhibiti Kompyuta Kwa Nguvu ya Mawazo?Is it possible to control a computer with the power of thought?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Bado Hyperloop Haijajengwa?Why Hasn’t Hyperloop Been Built Yet?
A1-A2Je, Tunaweza Kuelewa Mtu Mwingine Kwa Kweli?Can We Truly Understand Another Person?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunahisi Aibu Hata Wakati Hakuna Mtu Anayetuangalia?Why Do We Feel Shame Even When No One is Watching?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Sanamu ya Sfinksi Haina Pua?Why Does the Statue of the Sphinx Have No Nose?
A1-A2Mbwa Wanatuelewa Vipi Bila ManenoHow Do Dogs Understand Us Without Words
A1-A2Watu Wasio na Hofu: Zawadi au Laana?People Without Fear: A Gift or a Curse?
A1-A2Jinsi ya Kuchapisha Ndege kwenye Kichapishi cha 3D?How to Print an Airplane on a 3D Printer?
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kuwa Mtu Mwenye Fikra za Kina Katika Enzi ya Memu na Magazeti ya Rangi?Is it Possible to Be a Profound Person in the Era of Memes and Gloss?
A1-A2Ufahamu Unakwenda Wapi Unapojitenga na Uhalisia?Where Does Consciousness Go When You "Zone Out" of Reality?
A1-A2Wapi Hazina za Templari Zimefichwa?Where Are the Templar Treasures Hidden?
A1-A2Kwa nini hariri ya buibui ni imara kuliko chumaWhy is spider silk stronger than steel
A1-A2Uhandisi wa Jenetiki: Njia ya Kudumu Milele au Mfadhaiko?Genetic Engineering: The Path to Immortality or Chaos?
A1-A2Jinsi AR na VR Zinavyokuwa Ukweli MpyaHow AR and VR Are Becoming the New Reality
A1-A2Je, Unaweza Kuonja Wakati?Can You Taste Time?
A1-A2Je, Unaweza Kuwa Mwerevu Zaidi Kwa Kucheza Mchezo wa Video?Can You Become Smarter by Playing Video Games?
A1-A2Je, Kwa Kweli Rasputin Hangeweza Kuuawa?Was Rasputin Really Impossible to Kill?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Pweza Ana Mioyo MitatuWhy Does an Octopus Have Three Hearts
A1-A2Je, Madaktari Watapisha Njia Lini kwa Roboti?When Will Doctors Give Way to Robots?
A1-A2Je, ikiwa mtandao utatoweka kesho?What if the internet disappears tomorrow?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Kuwa Mwema Kunafaa?Why Being Good Is Beneficial?
A1-A2Uzito wa Ziada na Akili: Mzunguko Mbaya au Njia ya Ufahamu?Excess Weight and the Psyche: A Vicious Circle or a Path to Awareness?
A1-A2Ulikufaje Ustaarabu wa Wamaya wa Kale?How Did the Ancient Maya Civilization Perish?
A1-A2Nini Kingetokea Kama Mwezi Ungepotea?What Would Happen If the Moon Disappeared?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Chanjo Ni Muhimu Zaidi Kuliko InavyoonekanaWhy Vaccination Is More Important Than It Seems
A1-A2Kwa Nini Hakuna Mtu Anayetabasamu Katika Picha za Zamani?Why Does No One Smile in Old Photographs?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunapenda Kuteseka?Why Do We Love to Suffer?
A1-A2Je, Unaweza Kufa Kwa Sababu ya Kuchoka?Can You Die of Boredom?
A1-A2Nirvana ni Nini na Unawezaje Kuifikia?What is Nirvana and How to Attain It?
A1-A2Plastiki Ilikujaje Kuwa Sehemu ya Chakula Chetu?How Plastic Became Part of Our Diet?
A1-A2Je, Unaweza Kufa Kwa Kucheka?Can You Die from Laughter?
A1-A2Ni Lini Msimbo Unakuwa Sanaa?When Does Code Become Art?
A1-A2Je, Kudanganya Kunaweza KuthibitishwaCan Lying Be Justified
A1-A2Harufi Zinadhibiti Kumbukumbu Zetu Vipi?How Do Smells Control Our Memories?
A1-A2Je, Stonehenge Inaweza Kuwa Mlango wa Kuzimu?Could Stonehenge Be a Portal to the Afterlife?
A1-A2Kwa nini tuna apendikisi ikiwa haina matumizi?Why do we have an appendix if it's useless?
A1-A2Je, mashimo meusi ni nini na kwa nini yanawachokesha wanasayansi?What are black holes and why do they scare scientists?
A1-A2"Maisha mazuri" ni niniWhat is a "good life"
A1-A2Athari ya Mbuni: Ulinzi au Mtego?Ostrich Effect: Defense or Trap?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Atlantis Iliangamizwa Kwa Usiku Mmoja?Why Did Atlantis Disappear in One Night?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Kansa Bado HaijashindwaWhy Cancer Has Not Been Defeated Yet
A1-A2MRI Inageuza Sumaku na Maji Kuwa Utambuzi wa Magonjwa Vipi?How Does MRI Turn Magnets and Water into a Diagnosis?
A1-A2Kwa nini "shida ya troli" inavutia sanaWhy is the "trolley dilemma" so popular
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunaamini Katika Nadharia za Njama?Why Do We Believe in Conspiracy Theories?
A1-A2Nini Kilichotokea kwa Kweli kwa Jeshi la Napoleon nchini Misri?What Really Happened to Napoleon's Army in Egypt?
A1-A2Jinsi Choo cha Akili Kinavyochunguza Afya: Mustakabali wa Uchunguzi wa NyumbaniHow a “Smart” Toilet Analyzes Health: The Future of Home Diagnostics
A1-A2Roboti Laini na Mitandao ya Neva ya Kimiminika: Mashine Zinajifunzaje Kuwa Hai?Soft Robots and Liquid Neural Networks: How Are Machines Learning to Be Alive?
A1-A2Jinsi Mtu Mmoja Alivyopiga Vita Maadili na MunguHow One Man Challenged Morality and God
A1-A2Kwa Nini Kushukuru Kunafanya Tuwe na Furaha Zaidi?Why Does Gratitude Make Us Happier?
A1-A2Je, Laana ya Tamerlane Ingeweza Kubadilisha Mwendo wa Historia?Could Tamerlane’s Curse Have Changed the Course of History?
A1-A2Bakteria Wanadhibiti Hisia Zetu Vipi?How Do Bacteria Control Our Emotions?
A1-A2Kwa Nini QWERTY?Why QWERTY?
A1-A2Nani Anachagua UkweliWho Decides What Truth Is
A1-A2Tunaihujumuje Furaha Yetu Wenyewe?How Do We Sabotage Our Own Happiness?
A1-A2Betri ya Ajabu kutoka BaghdadThe Mysterious Battery from Baghdad
A1-A2Chanjo ya Saratani: Je, Ni Wajibu wa Baadaye au Tayari Upo?Cancer Vaccine: The Future or Already the Present?
A1-A2Je, Unaweza Kugusa HologramuCan You Touch a Hologram
A1-A2Stoiki na Samurai Wanafanana NiniWhat Do Stoics and Samurai Have in Common
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunaiogopa Kuongea Mbele ya Watu?Why Do We Fear Public Speaking?
A1-A2Mmonaki Mbudha Aliudanganyaje Muda?How Did a Buddhist Monk Outsmart Time?
A1-A2Ubongo Wetu Huunda Ufahamu Vipi?How Does Our Brain Create Consciousness?
A1-A2Jinsi 'miji mitaani' inavyofanya kaziHow do "smart cities" work
A1-A2Kwa Nini Wakati Mwingine Tunaweza Kukumbuka Muziki Bila Kukusudia?Why Do Melodies Sometimes Get Stuck in Our Heads?
A1-A2Wapi Hazina za Reich ya Tatu Zimefichwa?Where are the Treasures of the Third Reich Hidden?
A1-A2Watu Huishije Bila Alama za Vidole? Mabadiliko ya Kinasaba Yanayofuta Miundo Kwenye NgoziHow Do People Live Without Fingerprints? The Mutation That Erases the Patterns on the Skin
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kuunda Lugha Inayoeleweka Kwa Ulimwengu WoteIs it Possible to Create a Language Understandable to the Entire Universe
A1-A2Kwa Nini Watu Wanacheka Wanapokuwa na Wasiwasi au Wakihuzunika?Why Do People Laugh When Nervous or Grieving?
A1-A2Jack the Ripper alikuwa nani?Who was Jack the Ripper?
A1-A2Maisha Kinyume: Watu Wenye Viungo 'Vimegeuzwa' Wanaishi Vipi?Life in Reverse: How Do People with "Flipped" Organs Live?
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kutembea Kupitia UkutaIs it Possible to Walk Through a Wall
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunaota Ndoto za Kutisha?Why Do We Have Nightmares?
A1-A2Je, unaweza kupiga picha ya mzimu?Can you photograph a ghost?
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kuhamisha Fahamu Ndani ya Kompyuta?Is It Possible to Transfer Consciousness into a Computer?
A1-A2Unganishaji wa Quantum ni Nini?What is Quantum Entanglement?
A1-A2Kuzungumza na Nafsi Yako: Njia ya Ujanja au Hatua ya Kwanza ya Wazimu?Talking to Yourself: Path to Genius or First Step to Madness?
A1-A2Eneo la Ukimya nchini Meksiko: Je, Mawimbi ya Redio Hutoweka Huko Kweli?The Zone of Silence in Mexico: Do Radio Waves Really Vanish There?
A1-A2Sumu ya Nyoka Imebadilishaje Dawa?How Snake Venom Has Changed Medicine?
A1-A2Nokia Ilipoteza Soko la Simu Mahiri VipiHow Did Nokia Lose the Smartphone Market
A1-A2Je, Lugha ya Mwili Inawezaje Kudhibiti Mtazamo Wetu?How Does Body Language Control Our Perception?
A1-A2Mawe Yaliyoko kwenye Kisiwa cha Easter Yanaficha Siri Gani?What Secrets Do the Stone Guardians of Easter Island Hold?
A1-A2Je, ubongo unajuaje nini kitamuHow does the brain decide what tastes good
A1-A2Je, Dhoruba za Jua ni Nini na Kwa Nini Zinaweza Kuturudisha Karne ya 19?What are Solar Storms and Why Could They Send Us Back to the 19th Century?
A1-A2Watu Wasio na Ubunifu Wanaona Ulimwengu Vipi?How Do People Without Imagination Perceive the World?
A1-A2Kwa nini "Mary Celeste" ikawa meli ya kivuli?Why did the "Mary Celeste" become a ghost ship?
A1-A2Upasuaji wa Moyo: Je, Hatari Inalingana na Muujiza Lini?Heart Surgery: When Does Risk Equal a Miracle?
A1-A2Je, Magari Yanajifunza Kujiendesha Yenyewe Vipi?How Do Cars Learn to Drive Themselves
A1-A2Kwa Nini Matarajio ya Wengine Yanatudhibiti?Why Do Others' Expectations Control Us?
A1-A2Je, Mfalme Arthur Alikuwepo Kweli?Did King Arthur Really Exist?
A1-A2Virusi Vinavyoweza Kutumika Kupambana na SarataniHow Did a Virus Become a Weapon Against Cancer?
A1-A2Sarafu ya kripto ni niniWhat is cryptocurrency
A1-A2Je, Wasiwasi Huwa Mtego Lini?When Does Anxiety Become a Trap?
A1-A2Siri ya Dyatlov Pass - Nini Kilitokea Kwa Kikundi cha Watalii katika Milima ya Ural?The Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass - What Happened to the Group of Tourists in the Ural Mountains?
A1-A2Dawa kwa Haraka: Mitandao ya Neva Inasaidiaje Kupata Dawa Mpya?Medicines, Faster: How Do Neural Networks Help Find New Drugs?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Segway Haikuja Kuwa Usafiri wa BaadayeWhy Didn't Segway Become the Transport of the Future
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunaahirisha Mambo Hadi "Baadaye"?Why Do We Put Things Off Until “Later”?
A1-A2Laana ya Almasi ya Hope - Almasi ya Buluu Ilivyowaletea Maangamizo Wamiliki Wake?The Curse of the Hope Diamond - How the Blue Diamond Doomed Its Owners?
A1-A2Insulin: Ugunduzi Uliookoa Maisha ya MamilioniInsulin: The Discovery That Saved Millions of Lives
A1-A2Je, Jokofu Litakuwa Mahiri LiniWhen Will Refrigerators Get Smart
A1-A2Je, Unaweza Kujifunza Kuwa na UvutanoCan You Learn to Be Charismatic
A1-A2Je, Laana ya Wafalme wa Misri ya Zamani Ilikuwepo Kweli?Did the Pharaohs' Curse Really Exist?
A1-A2Telomeria ni nini na zinadhibitije ujana wetu?What are telomeres and how do they control our youth?
A1-A2Athari ya Kipepeo ni Nini na Inabadilishaje Mtazamo Wetu Kuhusu Uthabiti na Utaratibu?What is the Butterfly Effect and How Does It Change Our View on Causality and Order?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunapenda Kutazama Maisha ya Watu Wengine?Why Do We Love Watching Other People's Lives?
A1-A2Mata Hari Alikuwa Nani Kweli?Who Was Mata Hari Really?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Uhamisho wa Damu Ulikuwa Unaua Watu?Why Did Blood Transfusions Kill People?
A1-A2Je, roboti wanaweza kuwa marafiki zetu?Can robots become our friends?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Kuna 'Wanafiki' Wengi Hivi Karibuni?Why Are There So Many "Narcissists" Around?
A1-A2Je, Mawe Yanaishi Jinsi Gani Jangwani Lenye Joto Zaidi Duniani?How Do Stones Come Alive in the World's Hottest Desert?
A1-A2Hipnosi Hufanyaje Kazi? Siri za Ufahamu UliobadilikaHow Does Hypnosis Work? The Secrets of Altered Consciousness
A1-A2Vita vya Mtandaoni vya Kifumbo Zaidi katika Historia ya BinadamuThe Most Mysterious Cyberwars in Human History
A1-A2“Ugonjwa wa Mwokozi”: Wakati Kusaidia Kunapoleta MadharaThe “Rescuer Syndrome”: When Helping Backfires
A1-A2Fumbo la Zodiac Killer — Kwa Nini Misimbo Yake Bado Haijatatuliwa?Zodiac Killer Cryptograms — Why Are His Ciphers Still Unsolved?
A1-A2Kanuni za Ujana: Unapaswa Kula Nini Ili Kuzuia Kuzeeka?Code of Youth: What to Eat to Avoid Aging?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Samsung Galaxy Note 7 IlilipukaWhy did the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 explode
A1-A2Ni Nini Akili ya Kihisia?What is Emotional Intelligence?
A1-A2Rubani Mkuu Amelia Earhart Alitowekaje?Where Did the Great Pilot Amelia Earhart Vanish?
A1-A2Ni nini kinachofanya upasuaji kuwa wa kiwango cha juu sanaWhat makes surgery superhuman
A1-A2Kwa nini laser ni sahihi zaidi kuliko skalpeli na haraka kuliko intaneti?Why is a laser more precise than a scalpel and faster than the internet?
A1-A2Je, Upweke Unaweza Kuharibu Afya Yetu?Can Loneliness Ruin Our Health?
A1-A2Je, Kisiwa cha Hazina Kilikuwepo Kweli?Did Treasure Island Exist in Reality?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunachomwa na Kwa Nini Inasambaa Kwa Urahisi?Why Do We Yawn and Why Is It So Contagious?
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kupeana Hisia Kupitia Mtandao?Is It Possible to Transmit Emotions Over the Internet?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunajifanya Tuna Kazi Nyingi?Why Do We Pretend to Be Busy?
A1-A2Mvua ya Moto Nuremberg (1561) - Mapigano ya UFO au Tukio la Asili?Fire Rain in Nuremberg (1561) - UFO Battle or Natural Phenomenon?
A1-A2Mionzi Ilijifunzaje Kuokoa Maisha?How Did Radiation Learn to Save Lives?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Algoriti Zinahitaji Makosa?Why Do Algorithms Need Errors?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Mawazo Bora Huja Usiku?Why Do Brilliant Ideas Come at Night?
A1-A2Siri gani imefichwa katika Pembe ya Bermuda?What secret is hidden in the Bermuda Triangle?
A1-A2Ukingo wa kingamwili unafanya kazi vipiHow does immunity work
A1-A2Algoriti za Siri za YouTube Zinafanya Kazi Vipi?How Do YouTube’s Secret Algorithms Work?
A1-A2Sikolojia ya Kudanganya: Inafanyika Vipi na Jinsi ya Kugundua?The Psychology of Lying: How It Works and How to Detect It?
A1-A2Wagiriki wa Kale "Walivyozua" BotoxHow the Ancient Egyptians "Invented" Botox
A1-A2Usingizi na Hisia: Je, Ubongo Unachakata Uzoefu Vipi?Sleep and Emotions: How Does the Brain Process Experiences?
A1-A2Je, Unaweza Kutuma Harufu Kupitia Wi-Fi?Can You Send Smell Over Wi-Fi?
A1-A2FOMO: Kwa Nini Tunaogopa Kupoteza Fursa?FOMO: Why Are We Afraid of Missing Out?
A1-A2Meli ya Kivita ya Marekani Ilikwenda WapiWhere Did the US Navy Destroyer Go
A1-A2Je, Kuna Kikomo cha Kumbukumbu ya Binadamu?Is There a Limit to Human Memory?
A1-A2Ni nini 'wingu' na faili zako zinaishi wapi kimaumbile?What is the “cloud” and where do your files physically live?
A1-A2Je, Ni Nini Athari ya "Bata Mweusi"?What is the “Black Swan” Effect?
A1-A2Siri ya Damu ya "Black Dahlia" - Uhalifu Uliovunja Miguu ya Hollywood.The Bloody Mystery of the "Black Dahlia" - A Crime That Shocked Hollywood.
A1-A2Jinsi Bahati Ndogo Ilivyowapa Wanadamu PenisiliniHow Chance Gave Humanity Penicillin
A1-A2Kwa Nini Maelfu ya Watu Hufanya Makosa YanayofananaWhy Do Thousands of People Make the Same Mistakes
A1-A2Je, Lincoln na Kennedy Walikumbwa Kweli na Hatima Ileile?Did Lincoln and Kennedy Really Share the Same Fate?
A1-A2Ubongo Unajuaje Nini Juu na Nini Chini?How Does the Brain Decide What's Up and What's Down?
A1-A2Ni Nini "Sindromu ya Kujiona Tapeli"?What is "Impostor Syndrome"?
A1-A2Jinsi Chama cha Chai Kilichoshindwa Boston Kilivyosababisha MapinduziHow a Failed Tea Party in Boston Led to a Revolution
A1-A2CRISPR Inabadilishaje DNA na Mustakabali wa Ubinadamu?How CRISPR is Changing DNA and the Future of Humanity?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Kumkumbatia Ndiyo Dawa Bora ya MkazoWhy Hugs Are the Best Medicine for Stress
A1-A2Jinsi Mtu Mmoja Alivyookoa Ulimwengu Kutokana na Vita vya NyukliaHow One Man Saved the World from Nuclear War
A1-A2Jinsi Mkazo Unavyobadilisha DNA na Kuharakisha UzeeniHow Stress Changes DNA and Accelerates Aging
A1-A2Je, Nikotini Inawezaje Kudhibiti Ubongo Wako?How Does Nicotine Control Your Brain?
A1-A2Keki Zilibadilishaje kwa Bahati Mbaya Hatima ya Nchi Nzima?How Did Pastries Accidentally Change the Fate of an Entire Country?
A1-A2Lini Dawa za Kivirusi Zitaacha Kufanya KaziWhen Will Antibiotics Stop Working
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunashindwa Kukataa Udanganyifu, Hata Tunapojua Kwamba Upo?Why Do We Succumb to Manipulations, Even When We Know About Them?
A1-A2Ni Nani Anayefichwa Nyuma ya Kinyago cha Banksy?Who’s Hiding Behind Banksy’s Mask?
A1-A2Je, kutafakari kunabadilishaje mwili na akili zetu?How does meditation change our body and mind?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Michezo Hutuletea Furaha Zaidi?Why Do Sports Make Us Happier?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Mji Mzima Uligundua GhaflaWhy Did an Entire Town Suddenly Go Mad
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kuishi Bila Moyo?Is it Possible to Live Without a Heart?
A1-A2Jinsi Cooper Alivyoteka Ndege na Kutoweka Bila Kufichua UfuatiliajiHow Cooper Hijacked a Plane and Vanished Without a Trace
A1-A2Je, Meno Yanaweza Kukua Katika Sehemu Nyingine Za Mwili Wetu?Can Teeth Grow in Other Parts of Our Body?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Theranos Haikukua Kuwa Apple InayofuataWhy Didn't Theranos Become the Next Apple
A1-A2Nanoroboti Dhidi ya Magonjwa: Inafanya Kazi Vipi?Nanorobots Against Diseases: How Does It Work?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Wamarekani Walikuwa na Hofu ya Nyanya?Why Were Americans Afraid of Tomatoes?
A1-A2Je, Unaweza Kuishi Bila KulalaCan You Survive Without Sleep
A1-A2Newton na Maembe Yanayoanguka Yanahusianaje?How are Newton and Falling Apples Related?
A1-A2Je, Ukimya Kamili Unasikika Vipi?What Does Absolute Silence Sound Like?
A1-A2Je, Pablo Escobar Alitumia Bilioni Zake Kwa Nini?What Did Drug Lord Pablo Escobar Spend His Billions On?
A1-A2Kriyoniki: Tikiti ya Uhai wa Milele au Njia ya Kutokufikia Popote?Cryonics: Ticket to Immortality or Road to Nowhere?
A1-A2Jinsi Unajimu wa Uongo Ulivyoharibu Roho ya WanaziHow Fake Horoscopes Undermined the Nazi Spirit
A1-A2Kwa Nini Baridi Inatufanya Tuwe na Afya Bora?Why Does Cold Make Us Healthier?
A1-A2Ujumbe Ulisimbwa Vipi Katika Zama za Kati?How Were Messages Encrypted in the Middle Ages?
A1-A2Je, Ubongo wa Mwanadamu Unaweza Kupandishwa?Can a Human's Brain Be Transplanted?
A1-A2Je, Kweli Watu Waliuawa kwa Kutikwa?Were People Really Executed by Tickling?
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kuchapisha Viungo kwenye Kichapishi cha 3D?Is it Possible to Print Organs on a 3D Printer?
A1-A2Ni siri gani za uhandisi ambazo historia ilituficha?What engineering secrets did history hide from us?
A1-A2Inawezekana Kuhisi Maumivu ya Mtu Mwingine KimaumbileIs It Possible to Physically Feel Someone Else's Pain
A1-A2Kuna Nini Kinachokosekana kwenye “Mona Lisa”?What's Wrong with the “Mona Lisa”?
A1-A2Je, Seli Shina Zinaweza Kuzuia Uzee?Can Stem Cells Stop Aging?
A1-A2Mshtuko wa Kucheza wa 1518: Wakati Wazimu Unapokuwa wa KuambukizaThe Dancing Plague of 1518: When Madness Becomes Contagious
A1-A2Je, Inawezekana Kuishi Bila Nusu ya Ubongo?Is It Possible to Live Without Half of the Brain?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Wanyama Walihukumiwa Katika Zama za Kati?Why Were Animals Tried in the Middle Ages?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Mzio wa Jua Hutokea?Why Do Sun Allergies Occur?
A1-A2Kwa Nini Tunazeeka na Je Hili Halina Budi?Why Do We Age and Is It Inevitable?
Read Swahili stories and books with translation
It's more convenient there: every story and book is in one place, and the app remembers where you stopped in each one.
- Parallel translation A translation under every sentence, and any word explained with one tap.
- Native audio with shadowing Each word is highlighted as the story is read aloud. Hold a sentence's play button to hear it several times and say it along with the voice.
- 12 different exercises to learn new words Words you save while reading come back in flashcards, listening, spelling and gap-fill exercises until you know them.
What Lingo7 users are saying
Recent reviews from the App Store and Google Play, quoted the way they were written.
- Pasha Ahsap
A very useful app for learning a language: you can translate every unfamiliar word with a tap right away and save it.
- Esteban Velarde
amazing app very useful Me encantó 🙌🏻☺️
- Айгуль Оспанова
great app
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Great app and really helpful! ⭐️
I really enjoyed using the app! It’s very helpful, easy to use, and I really liked the way everything is organized. I definitely enjoyed my experience and would recommend it to others. 😊
- A Rimmer
I can’t recommend this app enough! I use it to refine my Spanish vocabulary and learn Bulgarian, and I love that you can keep multiple languages and their word lists separate. You can read your own books with instant translation, save new words and use spaced repetition to remember them. The pictures really help words stick, and there are no distracting animations or gimmicky rewards. Easily the best language app I’ve used!
- Наталка С.
The best. You can learn words. You can listen to speech with lively intonation. The texts are very interesting. Adapted and original: first I read the adaptation, then switch to the original. You can upload your own book, translate it, and listen and read at the same time.
- Caspian Sutherland
Best app I've ever used
- Viktor
The app is good, no doubt about it. I recommend it. I did not even expect this. Lots of literature for every taste. Read the simplified version or the original. You build your own dictionary. You take quizzes, very original ones. You can have a conversation on different topics. Super! And not expensive.
- Mayur Luhadia
I have already had a yearly subscription for LINGO 7. This app is an excellent resource for anyone looking to improve their English skills. The Hindi translations and detailed explanations provided for each story are incredibly helpful and effective for learners like me.
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Amazing app! For reading lovers this is an incredible world of different languages. I recommend it! Delighted!
The app works great! Special thanks for the speed selection! I really liked that you can switch languages. Listen to a book in Russian and read the English translation right there, or listen in English and read the Russian translation.
- Dmitry Gavrilov
The idea of the app is great, it's very useful, and I especially love the Library and saving words to the dictionary in a basic form. I would say a big thanks to the developer, who made some fixes and implementations by the mine propositions!
- Дмитрий Федешов
I studied French at university and dropped it after graduating. A couple of years later I tried watching a film without subtitles and realised my level had slipped. I started reading in the app bit by bit, simple stories at first. Now I read novels and understand about 80 percent without hints. The audio helped a lot too, my listening got better.
- Antonino Venticinque
It is the best.
- Полина Козлова
My English was B1 and it felt like I was stuck. Courses were boring, series with subtitles did not help. I started reading books in the app, and in six months my vocabulary roughly tripled. Now I read articles and documentation without translation. The main thing is that you learn not abstract words but the ones that actually come up in texts.
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Norwegian is hard to find anywhere. Here there are both texts and audio. I listen to the narration on my way to work and read in the evening. It is handy that you can save words and review them later, they do not get lost.
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Very convenient for learning
I read in Spanish before bed. The translation is right there, the audio is good. I can feel the progress.
- shanabbasi
I've tried several language learning apps, and Lingo7 stands out because of its combination of reading, audio, and flashcards. The parallel reading feature is especially helpful for understanding new words in context. The app is easy to navigate and makes daily practice feel productive rather than boring. A great tool for improving language skills step by step.
- Nour Abo elmagd
Georgian! I did not expect to find it. There are texts, the translation works, so does the audio. Thank you.
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Good parallel reading app
A very convenient app for parallel reading. I started reading books and articles in the original without constantly translating every word. New words stick much more easily, and in a short time I began to understand spoken English noticeably better. The interface is simple and really motivates you to read every day.
- Кирилл Шапорев
I started learning Turkish recently. The texts are interesting, the translation is clear. I like that the audio plays in sync, so you hear right away how to pronounce things.
- Tatyana Naumova
The app helped me a lot with learning Serbian
- Савелий Кулаков
Great app! I have tried others, but the approach here is more interesting. I have been using it for a little over a week and it really helps. The main thing is to make an effort yourself. There were some unstable moments, but everything was fixed quickly. A huge plus is the very responsive developer.
- konstantin
Convenient for German. You read, save words, review them. Everything is simple, nothing extra.
- Randy S
Just what I was looking for. Easy books to read to supplement vocabulary learned.
- Kristina Emad
Great app, convenient interface and pleasant design. Everything works fast and without problems.
- Artem Stavilov
My child reads English fairy tales with the translation and asks for more. Better than any textbook.
- Ирина Новицкая
A great app for learning foreign languages.
- Zeynep Ornek
I use the audio reading feature in Lingo7, and it has been a real breakthrough for me. The audio tracks are clear and well synchronised, which makes it easy to follow the text and improve pronunciation. The choice of texts is varied and engaging, covering different topics and genres. I like being able to adjust the speed and repeat fragments, which really helps me focus on difficult words.
- Макс Рахвалов
I have always wanted to learn German, and in this app everything is much more accessible and clearer than in similar ones. I have started with the flashcards for now, and I will move on to reading and audio once I have learned enough words. Overall the app is a 10 out of 10.
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I am learning Spanish for a move abroad. The audio is very high quality and sounds natural. The parallel text is convenient.
- Katreena Katreena
Installed it out of curiosity, and now I have been using it every day for 3 months. I am learning French. What won me over: real books, not made-up dialogues. Saving words plus review, and the vocabulary grows before your eyes.
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I like it!
I moved to Czechia a year ago and needed to learn Czech quickly for work. Not many apps have it, I was surprised. I read texts with the translation, and the flashcards helped me memorise words. Now I talk at work and read documents. Thanks to the developers.
- Юлия Близнюк
I like that there is no gamification and no silly streaks here. You just read a book and learn. Like an adult. Thank you for the serious approach to language learning.
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I am 63, and we go to Italy every year. I read a little before bed. The stories are interesting and the translation is right there, so you do not give up. The interface is simple. After 4 months I actually talked to a waiter in Rome. He was surprised!
- Tala Tolstoy
I have been learning Turkish for six months. I tried different apps before, and they were all grammar drills. Here you just read an interesting text with the translation right there. It sticks by itself. The most natural way to learn a language.
- Nadezhda Nadezhda
I am hooked on this app! The library is huge: classics, retellings, stories for different levels. The main difference is that you actually READ instead of just doing exercises. It feels like real studying.
- Rosita Rose
I needed Portuguese to work with a team from Brazil. Reading and audio at the same time is very effective, you train both listening and reading comprehension. The spaced repetition cards helped me build vocabulary quickly. After 6 weeks I could already follow meetings.
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I have tried every language app out there. What sets this one apart is parallel reading. Polyglots have learned this way for centuries, only here it is all in a convenient app. Tap a word and it gets saved, then you get quizzed at the right intervals. Much more natural than cramming flashcards in Anki.
- Евгения Н
a great service for practising English. you can pick a book by your level, the library is big enough for that. There are audio and text formats. The subscription is very reasonably priced.
- Pixel
I like it! It supports Serbian, five stars for that!
- Denis Nefedov
I have been looking for an app like this for a long time)
- Вася Козлодоев
the idea and the execution get a 5+. There is always something to improve, but right now this is the only app with Serbian books. well done! thank you!
How to read with a translation
- Read the sentence in Swahili first and work out the meaning from the words you know. Only then open the translation and compare.
- Press Listen and follow the highlighted words. Listen to the same story twice: once with the translation open, once without it. Then play it a third time and say the sentences along with the voice, a beat behind it (shadowing).
- Pick the level where you understand about 80 percent without the translation. Too easy is fine; too hard turns reading into decoding. Read a little every day.
Questions about these texts
They are written for Lingo7 learners: short stories on history, nature, science, technology, philosophy and everyday life, about five minutes of reading each. Every story comes in two versions, adapted for A1-A2 and the original for B1-B2, and is translated sentence by sentence.
Yes, texts with a parallel translation, sentence by sentence. The translation is not in a second column: it sits right under each sentence in Swahili, so your eyes stay on the original and drop to the translation only when needed. A tap on a word shows which word of the translation it matches. In the full story you can hide the translations and open one with a tap on its sentence, and pick the translation language: any of the other 49 Lingo7 languages.
Sentence by sentence and close to the original, so you can match the words, but written as natural sentences, not word for word. Where the two conflict, the meaning wins over the word order.
Yes. In the full story set the translation to "On tap", translate a sentence yourself, then tap it to compare with ours.
No. This page shows the first page of one story; the whole stories are in the Lingo7 app, where they work offline once opened and every word can be tapped for a translation.
This page is free. In Lingo7 you open any story and read its first page for free; a subscription unlocks all the stories, the audio and the word practice.
Press Listen and the story is read aloud in Swahili by a native voice, with the current word highlighted. The recording is made from this exact text, so you can pause and reread any sentence.
Yes. Every story has an adapted version for A1-A2, rewritten in simpler language. Start there, and when it reads easily, switch the same story to the original for B1-B2.
Read the adapted example above without the translation. If you understand most of it and miss only a few words, start there. If it feels too easy, switch to the original. The adapted version is for A1-A2, the original for B1-B2, and after the stories come the books.