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79 Cards in this Set
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umealikwa
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you have been invited
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ngoma(N)
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dance(with drums)
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pia
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also, too
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maana
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because, meaning, reason
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umekaribishwa
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you have been invited
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ataolewa
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she will be married
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arusi
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wedding
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harusi(N)
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wedding
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chama(KI/VI)
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association, club
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-cheza ngoma
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dance to drumming
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chakacha(N)
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women's dance
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taarabu(N)
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music played on traditional(coastal)instruments accompanied by singers
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bwana arusi(MA)
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bridegroom
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mashindano(MA)
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(usually used in plural form)race, competition
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ngalawa(N)
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dug-out canoe with outriggers
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sisi sote
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all of us
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forodhani(forodha-ni)
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(at the)customs jetty
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kama
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like
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jahazi(MA)
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dhow
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hata kidogo
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not a bit, not in the least, not at all
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-undwa
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to be constructed
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mbao(U/N)
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planks
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-chonga
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to hew, cut to shape
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gogo(MA)
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log
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hasa
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especially
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ndubi(N)
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outrigger
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mrengu
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outrigger
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mlingoti(M/MI)
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mast
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tanga(MA)
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sail
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mvuvi(M/WA)
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fisherman
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aina(N)
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kind, type, sort
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-itwa
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to be called, referred to
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Kama sisi Waswahili tunavyosema
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As we Swahili people say
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Mwenda bure si mkaa bure, huenda akaokota.
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An aimless traveller is not like someone sitting down aimlessly, a traveller may pick up something.
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mtumbwi(M/MI)
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canoe
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-alika
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to invite
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-alikwa
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to be invited
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-funga
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to tie, fasten
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-fungwa
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to be tied, fastened
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-karibisha
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to welcome, invite
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-karibishwa
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to be welcomed, invited
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-tumia
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to use
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-tumiwa
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to be used
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-unda
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to construct
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-undwa
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to be constructed
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-ahirisha
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to postpone
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-ahirishwa
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to be postponed
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-uza
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to sell
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-uzwa
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to be sold
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-oa
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to marry
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-olewa
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to be married
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-zaa
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to give birth, bear fruit
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-zaliwa
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to be born
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-fua
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to wash clothes
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-fuliwa
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to be washed(clothes)
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-nunua
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to buy
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-nunuliwa
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to be bought
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-samehe
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to forgive
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-samehewa
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to be forgiven
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-hitaji
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to need
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-hitajiwa
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to be needed
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-jibu
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to answer
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-jibiwa
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to be answered
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-ruhusu
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to allow, permit
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-ruhusiwa
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to be allowed, permitted
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-sahau
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to forget
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-sahauliwa
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to be forgetten
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bibi arusi(MA)
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bride
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sisi sote
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all of us
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ninyi nyote
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all of you(pl.)
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wao wote
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all of them
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jinsi(N)
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manner, way, type
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kadiri(N)
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extent, amount
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kama
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as, like
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namna(N)
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method, type
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mawe(JI/MA)
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stones
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zawadi(N)
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gift, present
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-ishi
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to live(in a place)
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matofali(MA)
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bricks
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