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68 Cards in this Set
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-subiri
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wait
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-penda
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like
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-ondoka
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leave a place, set off
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-ni
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in/at/to
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ki-
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singular for the Ki/Vi class nouns
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vi-
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plural for the Ki/Vi class nouns
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-angu
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my, mine (possessive)
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-ako
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your, yours (singular, possessive)
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-ake
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his/her, his/hers
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-etu
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our,ours
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-enu
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your, yours (plural, possessive)
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-ao
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their, theirs (possessive)
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wangu
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my (possessive with M/Wa noun)
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wako
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your (possessive with M/Wa noun)
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wake
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his/her (possessive with M/Wa noun)
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wetu
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our (possessive with M/Wa noun)
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wenu
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your (possessive with M/Wa noun)
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wao
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their (possessive with M/Wa noun)
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Singular possessive with N noun
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i- (becomes y-)
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Plural possessive with N noun
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zi- (becomes z-)
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rafiki yangu
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my friend
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rafiki zangu
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my friends
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rafiki yetu
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our friends
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rafiki zetu
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our friends
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ng'ombe wangu
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my cow
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ng'ombe zangu
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my cows
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ng'ombe wetu
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our cow
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ng'ombe zetu
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our cows
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kikapu changu
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my basket
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vikapu chetu
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my baskets
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vikapu vyangu
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my baskets
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kikapu chetu
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our basket
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vikapu vyetu
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our baskets
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-ao (their)
what is the rule? |
only used when referring to possession by people and animals
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-a
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of
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-a kwanza
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first
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-a pili
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second
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-a mwisho
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final/last
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-baya
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bad
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-chache
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few
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-embamba
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narrow, thin
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-ingi
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many
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-ingine
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some of/other/different
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-kubwa
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large
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-pana
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broad, wide
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-pya
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new, recent, modern
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-refu
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long, tall
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sijui
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I don't know
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hujui
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you (singular) don't know
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hajui
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he/she doesn't know
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hatujui
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we don't know
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hamjui
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you (plural) don't know
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hawajui
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they don't know
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ki-
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in the manner of
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mimi
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I
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wewe
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you (singular)
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yeye
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he/she
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sisi
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we
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ninyi (nyinyi)
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you (plural)
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wao
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they
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ku-ja
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(to) give
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ku-pa
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(to) give
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ku-nywa
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(to) drink
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ku-wa
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(to) be
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ku-
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to
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-na-
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present tense:
Tu-na-ku-la We are eating |
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-ta-
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future tense:
A-ta-ku-la biriani He will eat biriani |
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-li-
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past tense:
Wa-li-ku-la ugali They ate polenta |
