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70 Cards in this Set
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-hitaji
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need
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-punguza
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reduce, decrease
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-chukua
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take
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-uza
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sell
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-tosha
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be enough, suffice
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Shilingi kumi kumi
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a seller's starting price for a whole pile
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Kwa nini ghali hivi?
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Why so expensive? (in this way?)
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Punguza bei!
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Reduce the price!
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Siwezi kulipa bei hii.
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I can't pay this price.
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Siwezi kulipa shilingi.
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I can't pay...shillings.
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ji-
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singular noun-prefix on adjectives when the adjective stem only has one syllable
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j-
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singular noun-prefix on adjective when the adjective begins with a vowel
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li-
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singular verb-prefix for (JI)/MA noun
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ya-
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plural verb-prefix for (JI)/MA noun
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ha-
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negative verb-prefix for (JI)/MA noun
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-hitaji
what is unique about this verb? |
need
it is arabic in origin, and therefore it does not change its final vowel for the negative of the present tense |
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-subiri
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wait
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-dhuru
what is unique about this verb? |
harm
it is also arabic, and also keeps original vowel in present-tense negatives. |
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-samehe
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forgive
arabic, keeps original vowel in present-tense negative. |
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-ni
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added onto imperative verbs to make them plural
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angalieni!
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look/take care, both/all of you!
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letendi!
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bring (it, them), both/all of you!
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Nendeni!
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off you go, both/all of you!
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-tengeneza
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prepare (also mend)
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-pika
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cook
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nitawatengenezea
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I'm going to make the visitors
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tutampikia biriani ya mboga
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we'll cook vegetable biriani for her
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sina njaa sana
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I'm not very hungry
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-andik-
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write
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-tak-
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want
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-uz-
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sell
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-tengenez-
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prepare
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-som-
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read
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-fu-
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wash
prepositional vowel is i: fulia |
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-pat-
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get
prepositional vowel is i: patia |
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-nunu-
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buy
prepositional vowel is i: nunulia |
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-piki-
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cook
prepositional vowel is i: pikia |
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-pig-simu
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make a phone call
prepositional vowel is i: pigia simu |
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-let-
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bring
prepositional vowel is e: letea |
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-pelek-
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send, take
prepositional vowel is e: pelekea |
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-poke-
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receive
prepositional vowel is e: pokelea |
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-som-
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read
prepositional vowel is e: somea |
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-tengenez-
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prepare
prepositional vowel is e: tengenezea |
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-eleza
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explain
explain (something) to someone |
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-faa
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be useful
be useful to someone |
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-onyesha
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show (something)
show (something) to someone |
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-pa
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give
note: one of the small monosyllabic verbs |
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-ni-
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me
M/WA object marker |
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-tu-
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us
M/WA object marker |
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-ku-
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you (singular)
M/WA object marker |
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-m-
(-mw-before a vowel) |
him/her
M/Wa object marker |
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Regina anaNIpenda
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Regina loves me.
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Mama anaKUpenda.
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Mother loves you.
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Mohamed anaMpenda Zahra.
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Mohamed loves Zahra.
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Baba anatupenda.
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Father loves us.
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TunaWApenda.
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We love you (all).
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NinaWApenda/NaWApenda.
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I love them.
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NaWApendini
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I love all of you (collectively)
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NaKUpendini
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I love each of you
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AliNIpa pesa.
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S/he gave me some money.
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NitaKUpa machungwa.
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I will give you some oranges.
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NitaKUpa.
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I will give you (the oranges that we have been talking about; word for oranges, machungwa, can be omitted if context provides the clue.)
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Nitampa Francis mananasi.
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I will give Francis some pineapples.
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Tuliwapa watoto mayai.
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We gave the children eggs.
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Juma aliniandikia barua.
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Juma wrote me a letter.
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Ninamnunulia mtoto viatu.
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I am buying the child some shoes (now).
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Hakutupikia ugali.
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She did not cook us polenta.
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Ulimpigia Mohamed simu?
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Did you 'phone Mohamed?
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Nitawaletea vitabu vya Kiswahli.
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I will bring you (all) some Swahili books.
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Niliwasomea watoto jana.
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I read to the children yesterday.
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