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108 Cards in this Set
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my father
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baba yangu
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my mother
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mama yangu
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my older brother
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kaka yangu
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my sister
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dada yangu
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Karibu nyumbani
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Welcome (to my) home
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Where do you live
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Unaishi wapi
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What are you doing?
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Unafanya nini
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Do you speak kiswahili
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Unasema Kiswahili
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Do you speak English?
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Unasema Kiiingereza
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I speak just a little Swahili
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Ninasema Kiswahili kidogo tu
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Sit down! Have a seat
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Kaa chini!
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I'm glad to meet you
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Nimefurahi kukuona
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Knock Knock
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Hodi Hodi
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This (here) is my father. His names is
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Huyu hapa ni baba yangu, Jina lake ni Juma
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And that's my mother. Her name is Aisha
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Na yule mama yangu. Jina lake no Aisha
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And those are my siblings. That's Daudi and that's Sarah
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Na wale ni ndungu zangu. yule ni Daudi na yule ni Sarah
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And these are my grandmother and grandfather
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Na hawa ni bibi yangu na babu yangu
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And this is my friend. His name is mark
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Na huyu ni rafiki yangu. Jina lake ni Mark
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How is America?
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Habari za Marekani
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Do you like Tanzania?
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Unapenda Tanzania
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Yes, I like Tanzania very much
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Ndio, ninapenda sana Tanzania
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Do you like Kiswahili also?
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Unapenda kiswahilii pia?
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Yes, I like Kiswahili but I don't speak Swahili yet. I only speak a little Swahili. Do you speak English, Baba Ali?
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Ndio ninapenda Kiswahili, lakini sisema kiswahili bado. Ninasema Kiswahili kidogo tu. Unasema Kiingeraza Baba Ali?
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I don't speak English, I speak Kiswahili only
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Mimi sisemi Kiingeraza. Ninasema Kiswahili tu
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Now I'm studying Kiswahili at the University of Dar es Salaam
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Mimi ninasoma Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam sasa.
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Are you from Washington DC?
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Wewe unatoka Washington DC?
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No, I do not from Washington DC, I'm from New York
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Hapana, sitoki Washington DC, ninatoka New York
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And your friend is from where?
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Na rafiki yako anatoka wapi?
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My friend is from New York also
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Rafiki yangu anatoka New York Pia
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Does he speak Swahili?
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Yeye anasema Kiswahili
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No, he doesn't speak Kiswahili
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Hapana, yeye hasemi Kiswahili
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father
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Baba
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grandfather
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babu
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grandmother
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bibi
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sister
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dada
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here
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hapa
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brother
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kaka
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to live
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kuishi
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to live, to stay, to sit
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kukaa
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to sleep
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kulala
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to see
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Kuona
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to like/love
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kupenda
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mother
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mama
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maternal uncle
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mjomba/wajomba
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grandchild/grandchildren
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mjukuu/wajukuu
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wife/wives
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mke/wake
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nephew/nephews
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mpwa/wapwa
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child/children
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mtoto/watoto
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person/people
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mtu/watu
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husband/husbands
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mume/waume
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teacher/teachers
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mwalimu/walimu
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student/students
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mwanafunzi/wanafunzi
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parent/parents
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mzazi/wazazi
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older person/people
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mzee/wazee
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and, with
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na
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who?
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nani?
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siblings, relative, cousin
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ndugu
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friend
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rafiki
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paternal aunt
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shangazi
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How are things here
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Habari za hapa
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Here are my grandparents
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Hawa hapa ni bibi na babu yangu
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Here's my father
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Huyu hapa ni baba yangu
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This is my friend
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Huyu ni rafiki yangu
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Welcome to my home
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Karibuni nyumbani
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I like Tanzania a lot
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Ninapenda sana Tanzania
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Where does your friend come from?
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Rafiki yako anatoka wapi?
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My friend comes from Los Angeles
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Rafiki yangu anatoka Los angeles
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Nouns belonging to the same class function grammatically in the same way. T/F
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TRUE
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Swahili nouns are divided into how many noun classes?
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eight
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What are demonstratives?
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Words used to point to people or things
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For the m/wa noun class what is the demonstrative for "this"
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huyu
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For the m/wa noun class what is the demonstrative for "these"
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hawa
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For the m/wa noun class what is the demonstrative for "that"
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yule
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For the m/wa noun class what is the demonstrative for "those"
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wale
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This is Ali. That is Lela
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Huyu ni Ali. Yule ni Lela
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This is a teacher
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Huyu ni mwalimu
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That's (those are) Ali and Lela
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Wale ni Ali na Lela
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These (people) are (my) mother and father
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Hawa ni baba na mama
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These are students
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Hawa ni wanafunzi
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Those are children
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Wale ni watoto
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What are the steps to forming a possessive in Swahili
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Step 1: Find the possessive root that fits the possessive
Step 2: add a prefix depending upon the noun class |
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What is the possessive root for "my"
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-angu
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What is the possessive root for "your"
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-ako
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What is the possessive root for "his/her"
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-ake
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What is the possessive root for "our"
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-etu
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What is the possessive root for "your (pl.)"
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-enu
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What is the possessive root for "their"
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-ao
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The possessive prefix for the M-Wa class is what?
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w 9e.g., wangu(my) wako(your), wake(his/her)
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These are my children
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Hawa ni watoto
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That is our teacher
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Yule ni mwalimu wetu
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Are these your parents?
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Hawa ni wazazi wenu?
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These are our parents
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Hawa ni wazazi wetu
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Those are their children
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Wale ni watoto wao
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What are the important characteristics of the negative present tense?
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First, the affirmative ending -a changes to -i in the negative
Second, the present infix -na- is omitted Third, the negative prefix ha-(as in hapana) is added |
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What is an exception to changing into the negative present tense?
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In the mimi(I) form the prefix si- is used instead of ha-
Also, in the wewe (you) and yeye(he/she) forms the -a in ha- is absorbed by the vowel at the beginning of the subject prefixes u- and a- |
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Give all the negative conjugations of kutoka for
I You He/she We They (ply) Wao (they) |
I= sitoki
2=hutoki 3= hatoki 4 - hatutoki 5= ham toki 6= hawa toki |
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I'm studying
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Mimi ninasoma
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I'm not studying
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Mimi sisomi
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You aren't studying
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Wewe husomi
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She's not studying
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Yeye hasomi
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We are not studying
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Siss hatusomi
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They're not studying
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Wao hawasomi
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Swahili verbs that do not end with -as (such as kuishi(to live) don't change ending when negated
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TRU
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I don't live in the United States.
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Mimi siishi Marekani
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She's not returning to the US
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Yeye harudi Marekani
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You're not responding
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Wewe hujibu
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They don't tnink
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Waoo hawafikiri
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We aren't trying
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Sisi hatujaribu
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