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163 Cards in this Set
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-la |
to eat |
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-fa |
to die |
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-nywa |
to drink |
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-ja |
to come |
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-pa |
to give |
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angalia |
to look |
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andika |
to write |
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anza |
to start |
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acha |
to leave |
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ambia |
to tell |
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aga |
to bid farewell |
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beba |
to carry |
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busu |
to kiss |
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bariki |
to bless |
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bweka |
to bark |
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cheza |
to play |
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choka |
to get tired |
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chora |
to draw |
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choma |
to burn, roast, stab |
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cheka |
to laugh |
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chemka |
to get boiled |
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chemsha |
to boil |
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dai |
to claim |
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dumu |
to last |
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fanya |
to do |
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funga |
to close |
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fungua |
to open |
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fuata |
to follow |
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funza/fundisha |
to teach |
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fika |
to reach/arrive |
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fikiri |
to think |
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fariki |
to die |
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goma |
to strike (workers) |
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gonga |
to strike (hit) |
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haribu |
to destroy |
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hisi |
to feel |
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hama |
to move |
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hema |
to pant |
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imba |
to sing |
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iga |
to imitate |
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ingia |
to enter |
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ita |
to call |
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jenga |
to build |
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kaa/keti |
to sit |
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kamata |
to catch/hold |
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kata |
to cut |
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kuta |
to meet |
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kumbuka |
to remember |
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kubali |
to agree |
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kosa |
to make error |
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kohoa |
to cough |
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koroma |
to snore |
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lia |
to cry |
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lala |
to sleep |
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lipa |
to pay |
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maliza |
to finish |
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meza |
to swallow |
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meremeta |
to shine |
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nasa |
to nab |
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nuka |
to stink |
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nusa |
to smell/sniff |
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nguruma |
to roar |
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penda |
to love |
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panda |
to climb |
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pamba |
to adorn |
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peleka |
to take to |
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pokea |
to receive |
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pika |
to cook |
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pumzika |
to rest |
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puuza |
to ignore |
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ona |
to see |
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oka |
to bake |
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oga |
to wash |
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omba |
to pray |
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ramba |
to lick |
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ruka |
to jump |
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rudi |
to return |
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saidia |
to help |
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safiri |
to travel |
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safisha |
to clean |
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sema |
to say |
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soma |
to read/study |
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simama |
to stand |
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shika |
to catch/hold |
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shinda |
to win |
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sikia |
to hear |
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sikiliza |
to listen |
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tazama |
to look |
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tega |
to trap |
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tembea |
to walk |
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tuma |
to send |
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toka |
to get out |
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toa |
to remove |
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tia |
to put |
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uma |
to bite |
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ua |
to kill |
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vaa |
to wear |
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vua |
to undress |
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waza |
to think |
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weza |
to be able |
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wika |
to crow |
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waka |
to light |
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zaa |
to give birth |
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zika |
to bury |
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zima |
to extinguish |
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zungumza |
to talk |
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Ki tense |
Ki added to 2nd verb ex: (Nilimkuta Joan aKIsoma gazeti) |
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Future Tense |
-ta |
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Past Tense |
-li |
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Present Tense |
-na |
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Perfect Tense |
-me |
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Nge/Ngali (negation) |
Add -si- before nge/ngali ex: Mama asingalinunua nguo ya samawati ex: Usingeniuliza swali, nisingejibu |
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Shairi hili beta ngapi? |
How many stanzas are there? |
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Kina cha katikati ni _____, na kina cha mwisho ni _____. |
Mid-rhyme is _____, end rhyme is ______. |
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Kichwa cha shairi hili ni _____. |
The heading is ______. |
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Kibwagizo cha shairi ni ______. |
The chorus is ______. |
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Kila ubeti una mishororo mingapi? |
Each stanza has how many lines? |
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Object markers |
Look at adjective after ex: Liligonga miti mirefu |
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Tafadhali |
sorry, excuse me |
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Samahani |
Pardon, forgive me |
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Pole |
I am sorry |
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Maskini |
Poor ( poor baby) |
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Aga dunia/ fariki kufa |
to die, pass away |
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Marehemu |
the late ( deceased) |
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enda msalani |
to go to the toilet |
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kwenda haja |
call of nature |
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mja mzito |
pregnant mother |
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Kujifungua kuzaa |
to give birth |
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Endesha kuhara |
diarrhea |
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Verb extensions |
e or o- use e a i or u- use same |
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baada ya |
after |
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kabla ya |
before |
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badala ya |
instead of |
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kati ya |
between |
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katikati ya |
in the middle of |
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dhidi ya |
against |
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baina ya |
among |
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mbele ya |
in front of |
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nyuma ya |
behind |
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juu ya |
on top of |
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chini ya |
below |
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kando ya |
opposite, beside |
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mbali ya |
away from |
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bali na |
apart from |
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karibu na |
near |
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kwa sababu ya |
because of |
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kwa niaba ya |
on behalf of |
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kwa ajili ya |
for the sake of |
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Askari mlangoni? |
kufuli |
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Nyumba yangu ina nguzo moja? |
Uyoga |
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Nyumba yangu haina mlango |
yai |
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Daima namsikia tu bali simwoni |
upepo |
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Anakula lakini hashibi |
mauti |
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Anatega huku akitambaa |
boga |
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Atolewapo nje hufa |
samaki |
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Atapanya mbegu nyingi sana lakini hazioti |
mvua |
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Subiri kidogo haraka ya nini |
mwiba |
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Nikiita baba huitika baba |
mwangwi |
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Kukurukakara kukurukakara |
karakana |
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Kiwanja kizuri lakini hakitui ndege |
upara |
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Kuku wetu hutagia mayai mikiani |
matunda |
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Hata jua likuwaka namna gani, hakikauki wala kupata joto |
pua la mbwa |
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Hucheka saa yote |
ngiri |
