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130 Cards in this Set
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mapokezi
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reception desk
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jina langu
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my name
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chumba changu
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my room
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nilipiga simu
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I telephoned
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jana
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yesterday
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kuwekesha
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to reserve/book (a room)
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samahani!
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apologies!
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-subiri
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wait
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chumba cha mtu mmoja
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a single room
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leo
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today
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-enye
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with/having
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choo
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lavatory, toilet
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bafu
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bath, shower
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kwenye
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at/on
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ghorofa (ya tatu)
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(third) floor
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sipendi
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I don't like
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ghorofa ya kwanza
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first floor
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ghorofa ya juu
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top floor
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lakini
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but
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-dogo
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small
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kitu
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thing
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si kitu
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it's nothing
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-faa
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suffice
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-ondoka
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leave (a place), set off
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kesho
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tomorrow
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kitabu
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book
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cheti
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note, brief letter, receipt
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chakula
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food
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chandalua
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mosquito net
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chungu
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earthenware cooking pot
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kiatu
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shoe
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kiazi
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sweet potato
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kichwa
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head
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kijiko
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spoon
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kikapu
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basket
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kikombe
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cup
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kisu
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knife
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kitanda
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bed
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kiti
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chair
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kituo cha ndege
(kiwanja cha ndege) |
airport
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kituo cha polisi
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police station
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kiboko
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hippopotamus
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kifaru
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rhinoceros
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kijana
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young person, older child
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kiongozi
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leader
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kipofu
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blind person
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kiwete
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lame person
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kiziwi
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deaf person
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-angu
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my, mine
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-ako
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your, yours (sing.)
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-ake
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his/her(s)
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-etu
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our, ours
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-enu
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your, yours (pl.)
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-ao
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their(s)
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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
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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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-zuri
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good (pleasant; well behaved; serviceable)
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-ema
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good (of good character)
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-kubwa
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big
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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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-kaa
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sit
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dirisha (ma)
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window
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je
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well, now then, hi there!
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wali
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cooked rice
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kwa
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with
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samaki (N)
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fish
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namna (N)
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kind, sort, type
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gani
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what
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sijui
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I don't know
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changu / tangu (N)
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{a kind of sea fish}
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ala!
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{an expression of surprise}
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kwa Kiswahili
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in Swahili
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ndio
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{emphatic form of 'ni'}
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nguru (N)
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kingfish
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basi
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so, now, well
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haya basi
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OK then, well now
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biriani (N)
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a highly-spiced rice & meat dish
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kabisa
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extremely; very... indeed
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pamoja na
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together with
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viungu (ki/vi)
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spices/seasonings; flavourings
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kama
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like, such as
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iliki (N)
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cardamom seeds
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dalasini (N)
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cinnamon
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bizari (N)
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curry powder
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-ona
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see, feel
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ghali
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expensive
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ninyi
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you (pl.)
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-(ku)la
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eat
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nyama ya ng'ombe
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beef
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mimi, mi
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I
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ugali
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polenta (maize porridge)
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kuku (N)
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chicken
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kitoweo
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accompaniment to chakula (e.g. meat, fish or veg. stew; chakula is wali or ugali)
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kachumbari
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mixture of chopped tomatoes, onions, cucumber etc.
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maandazi, mahamri
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doughnut-like buns with cardamom seeds
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matango
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cucumbers
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mishikaki
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kebabs
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mhindi
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maize (sweetcorn)
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gunzi
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maize cob
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muhogo
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cassava
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nyama ya mbuzi
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goat meat
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nyanya (N)
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tomato(es)
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vibibi
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small pancakes
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vitumbua
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rice buns
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vitunguu
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onions
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-sema
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speak, say
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hodari
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brave
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maskini
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poor
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rahisi
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easy, cheap
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safi
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clean, honest, straightforward
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tajiri
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rich
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kila
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each
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(a)kina
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the group associated with...
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wewe
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you (sing.)
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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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wao
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they
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sili kuku
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I don't eat chicken
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ahadi ni deni
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a promise is a debt
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kuuliza si ujinga
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to ask is not stupidity
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mtu ni watu
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a person is people
(no man is an island) |
