| kidogo / ingi, tele | • | a little (bit) / much |
| chache / ingi | • | few / many |
| kubwa / dogo | • | big / small |
| karibu / mbali | • | close / far |
| lio fungwa / wazi, / lio funguliwa | • | closed / open |
| gumu / rahisi | • | difficult / easy |
| kavu / a majimaji, -lio lowa maji, chepechepe, unyevu | • | dry / wet |
| jaa / tupu | • | full / empty |
| zuri / baya | • | good / bad |
| ngumu / laini, ororo | • | hard / soft |
| enye bidii / vivu | • | hard-working / lazy |
| a juu / a chini | • | high / low |
| moto / baridi | • | hot / cold |
| isiokoza, -sioiva, hafifu / liokoza -lioiva | • | light / dark |
| epesi / zito | • | light / heavy |
| refu / fupi | • | long / short |
| embamba, finyu / pana | • | narrow / wide |
| a makelele / kimya, tulivu | • | noisy / quiet |
| zuri, a kupendeza / baya, a kutisha | • | pretty / ugly |
| tajiri / maskini | • | rich / poor |
| sio kina, ajuu juu / enye kina | • | shallow / deep |
| embamba / nene | • | skinny / fat |
| polepole-kasi / mbio | • | slow / fast |
| iliyo nyooka / a kombo, lio pinda, -lio sokotwa | • | straight / crooked, bent, twisted |
| enye nguvu / dhaifu | • | strong / weak |
| tamu / chungu | • | sweet / bitter |
| tamu, -wa na ladha / mbaya, -sio na ladha | • | tasty / bad |
| a vuguvugu / baridi | • | warm / cold |
| enye adabu, enye tabia njema / sio na adabu, -tundu, tukutu | • | well-behaved / naughty |
| changa / zee | • | young / old |
