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Somo La Ishirini
Chapter 20 Swahili
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -cheza | play |
| daktari/ma- | doctor |
| dawa | medicine |
| fulani | so-and-so, certain; used when the name of a person is unknown. |
| homa | fever,malaria (N-) |
| jambo/mambo | matter, thing, affair |
| lazima | necessity, obligation |
| mpira/mi | ball |
| -piga | hit |
| -piga sindano | give injection (lit. hit needle) |
| -pima | measure,examine |
| pole | slowly, gently, softly, quietly (often reduplicated polepole); also used as expression of empathy or sympathy. |
| sindano | needle |
| ugonjwa/ma- | sickness (cf. mgonjwa/wa- 'sick person') |
| -cheka | laugh |
| ghafula | suddenly (also kwa ghafula) |
| hadithi | story (N-) |
| hamu | desire (N-) |
| hivyo | those things referred to, such things |
| -ishia | finish up (cf. kwisha 'to finish') |
| kobe | tortoise (N- animate) |
| -kubali | agree, accept |
| kuliko | more than |
| lo! | more than |
| -maliza | finish |
| mashindano | competition (cf. -shindana 'compete') |
| mbio | speed;race |
| mjanja/wa- | clever person |
| mwendo/mi- | way, manner of going,pace |
| -ona lo | be surprised, be astonished (lit. see, feel astonishment) |
| -pita | pass |
| polepole | slowly slowly |
| -pumzika | rest |
| samahani | pardon me, excuse me, forgive me |
| -shinda | overcome, conquer, win, surpass, pass (an exam),etc. |
| -shindana | compete with one another, compete |
| -sikia | hear |
| -sikiliza | listen |
| sungura | hare |
| -tangulia | go first |
| taratibu | order, orderliness, care, carefulness |
| usingizi | sleep (noun; often used fater the berb -lala 'sleep') |
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