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You can call me …

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Unaweza kuniita ..

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To can, to be able

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Kuweza

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How was the trip?

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Habari za safari?

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The trip is long

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Safari ni ndefu

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Road, street

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Barabara

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Bus station/s

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Kituo cha basi/vituo vya basi

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Near …, close to …

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Karibu na …

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By car

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Kwa gari

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Wildlife park, preserve

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Mbuga

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Masai Mara

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The Masai Mara National Park

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Mount Kilimanjaro

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Lima Kilimanjaro

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To climb a mountain, to go mountain climbing

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Kupanda mlima

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Highway/s

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Barabara kuu
(-kuu: great, major, chief, main, important)
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-kuu

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great, major, chief, main, important

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So

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Basi

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Bus/es

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Basi/mabasi

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Store/s

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Duka/maduka

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Car/s

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Gari/magari

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Hotel/s

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Hoteli

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Building/s, construction/s

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Jengo/majengo

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Office building/s

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Jengo la ofisi/majengo ya ofisi

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Downtown, city center

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Kati kati ya mji

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Preposition/s

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Kihusishi/vihusishi

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Between, in the middle of, central, in the midst of …

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Kati ya …

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Station/s, stop/s, stand/s
Kituo/vituo
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To be tired
Kuchoka
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To arrive (2)
Kufika | Kuwasili
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To need
Kuhitaji
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To leave, to depart
Kuondoka
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To climb
Kupanda
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To rest
Kupumzika
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Far
Mbali
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Wildlife park/s
Mbuga
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Restaurant/s
Mkahawa/mikahawa
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Mountain/s
Mlima/milima
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Animal/s
Mnyama/wanyama
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Mosque/s
Msikiti/miskiti
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Money (2)
Pesa | Fedha
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Trip/s, safari/s
Safari
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Now
Sasa
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Shilling/s
Shilingi
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Market/s
Soko/masoko
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Train/s
Treni/matreni
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Beach/es (3)
Ufuko/fuko Ufukwe/fukwe Pwaa/mapwaa
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Airport/s
Uwanja wa ndege/viwanja vya ndege | Uwanja: Field, area, plot
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Interesting (3)
- zuri - a kupenda - a kuvutia
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Where are the buses to the city?
Mabasi ya kuenda mjini yako wapi?
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Where is my hotel?
Hoteli yangu iko wakpi?
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Where's the bus station?
Kituo cha basi kiko wapi?
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How do i get to the train station?
Vipi ninaweza kuenda kituo cha reli/treni | Reli: Railroad, train
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What's the fare?
Nauli kiasi gani? (Nauli: Fare) (Kiasi: Amount, quantity)
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Fare/s, charge/s
Nauli
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Amount/s, quantity/ies
Kiasi/viasi
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Are there tours to the wildlife park?
Kuna safari za kwenda mbugani?
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Is it far from here?
NI mbali kutoka hapa?
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is that true? Is that so?
Alaa kumbe?
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How are you doing mam?
Habari gani bibi? | Response: Nzuri (Fine)
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But you can call me Kim please
Lakini unaweza kuniita Kim tafadhali
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Sorry (Expressing compassion)
Pole
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Well, good (interjection)
Vizuri (Also means beautifully, nicely, pleasantly) Je? (Well?)
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The following day
Siku inayofuata
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To escort, to deliver, to send
Kupeleka
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Reason, cause, sake
Ajili
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Okay
Sawa
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Tourism
Utalii
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Ji-Ma class: Content
Many different types of nouns 1. Many body parts that occur in pairs - Jicho/macho (Eye/s), sikio/masikio (ear/s), jino/meno (tooth, teeth) 2. Fruits and plants - Jani/majani (leaf/leaves, grass), chungwa/machungwa (orange/s), limau/malimau (lemon/s), ua/maua (flower/s).. 3. Inanimate objects - Jiwe/mawe (Stone/s), jambo/mambo (Matter/s, affair/s), dirisha/madirisha (Window/s).. (Many Ji-Ma singulars do not have any prefixes, and some nouns only have a plural form (maji, maziwa, mafuta, maisha, maumivu..)
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Ear/s
Sikio/masikio
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Tooth/teeth
Jino/meno
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Lemon/s
Limau/malimau
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Flower/s
Ua/maua
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Fruit/s
Tunda/matunda
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Stone/s
Jiwe/mawe
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Matter/s, affair/s
Jambo/mambo
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Name/s
Jina/majina
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Egg/s
Yai/mayai
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Box/es
Sanduku/masanduku
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Milk
Mazawi
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Oil
Mafuta
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Pain
Maumivu
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Reception desk
Mapokezi
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Ji-Ma demonstratives This These
Ji-Ma demonstratives This --> Hili These --> Haya
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Ji-Ma demonstratives That Those
Ji-Ma demonstratives That --> Lile Those --> Yale (Hili ni datari, na lile ni sanduku - This is a notebook, and that is a box) (Haya ni matunda, na yale ni maua - These are fruits and those are flowers)
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Ji-Ma Subject prefixes
Sg.: li- Pl.: ya- (Machungwa haya yanatoka Florida - These oranges come from Florida) (Basi linaondoka kituoni - The bus is leaving from the station) (Gari hili liliharibika - This car broke down)
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Ji-Ma possessive and 'of' prefixes
Sg.: L- Pl.: y- (Ji-Ma: Love You!) (Basi lake lianaondoka kituoni - his bus is leaving the station) (Gari langu liliharibika - My car broke down)
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Shoulder/s
Bega/mabega
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To ache, to hurt, to pain
Kuuma | -Bega lako liliuma - Your shoulder was aching
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Ji-Ma: Adjective agreement
1. Most have no prefix in singular and ma- in plural - Gari zuri, magari mazuri - Chungwa dogo, machungwa madogo (Small orange, small oranges) 2. One-syllabic adj: sg. take prefix ji-, pl. is still ma- - Gari jipya (new car), magari mapya (new cars) 3. -vowel --> sg.: j-, pl.: m- - Jua jingi (a lot of sun), gari jeupe - magari meupe (white car, white cars), daftari jeusi - madaftari meusi, jiwe jekundu - mawe mekundu
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A lot, many
-ingi
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Sun/s
Jua/majua
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Darkness
Jingi
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-ko, -po and -mo - What
Verbs/a way of asking about location that's used in Swahili. Instead of using the equivalent of "is" and a location, swahili uses -ko along with a location prefix that varies depending on the noun class
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-ko, -po, -mo: M-Wa noun class
Sg.: yu- Pl.: wa- (Liz yuko wapi? - Where is Liz?) (Liz na Mark wako wapi? - Where are Mark and Liz?)
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-ko, -po, -mo: Ki(ch)-Vi(vy) noun class
Sg.: ki- Pl.: vi- (Kiti kiko wapi? - Where's the chair?) (Vitabu viko wapi? - Where are the books?)
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-ko, -po, -mo: N noun class
Sg.: i- Pl.: zi- (Shule iko wapi? - Where's the school?) (Nyumba ziko wapi? - Where are the houses?)
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-ko, -po, -mo: Ji-Ma noun class
Sg.: li- Pl.: ya- (Gari lako liko wapi? - Where's your car?) (Madarasa yako wapi? - Where are the classrooms?)
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How to respond to -ko | Liz yuko wapi? - Where is Liz?. Kiti kiko wapi? - Where is the chair?. Nyumba ziko wapi? - Where are the houses?
Combine the appropriate prefix with -ko (general location), -po (specific location), -mo (location inside of something) Finallu, a special location suffix -ni is added onto the noun expressing the location, as in nyumbani (in the house, at home), shuleni, darasani, sokoni (at the market), dukani... (So -ni may be translated as a preposition such as in, at on, inside, to etc.) (Mwalimu yuko wapi? --> Yuko nyumbani (He's at home), yumo darasani (He's in the classroom)) (Kitabu kiko wapi? --> Kitabu kimo mfukoni (the book is in the bag), kitabu kipo mezani (the book is on the table)
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How to negate location expressions (-ko, -po, -mo)
Add the negative prefix ha- before the subject prefix and -ko, po-, -mo. - Mwalimu hayuko nyumbani (The teacher is not at home) - Wanafunzi hawamo darasani (The students are not in the classroom) - Kitabu hakipo mezani (The book is not on the able) - Vitu haviko dukani (Things are not at the store)
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How to make past and future tenses with -po, -ko and -mo location phrases
Appropriate form of kuwa (to be) + -ko/po/mo in one word - Mwalimu yuko nyumbani - Mwalimu alikuwako nyumbani - Mwalimu atakuwako nyumbani (The teacher will be at home) - Kitabu kipo mezani, kitabtu kilikuwapo mezani (the book was on the table), kitabu kitakuwapo mezani (the book will be on the table)
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How to negate past tense sentences with -po, -ko and -mo location phrases
Same as for past tense in general: ha- + subject prefix + infinitive verb form - Mwalimu hayuko nyumbani (The teacher is not at home) - Mwalimu hakuwako nyumbani (The teacher wasn't at home) - Wanafunzi hawamo darasani (The students aren't in the classroom) - Wanafunzi hawakuwamo darasani (The students weren't in the classroom)
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Tourist/s
Mtalii/watalii
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Rhino/s
Kifaru/vifaru
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Hippo/s
Kiboko/viboko
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Root (Grammar)
Mzizi
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Government/s
Serikali
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To guard, to protect, to watch over
Kulinda
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Fortune/s, wealth/s, possession/s
Mali
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To bring
Kuleta
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Europe
Ulaya
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To get, to find, to obtain
Kupata
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Foreign, unusual, new, extraordinary, strange
-geni
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Tourism
Utalii
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Therfore
Kwa hivyo
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To pay, to compensate
Kulipa
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Help, aid, assistance, service
Huduma
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To assist, to help, to tend, to serve
Kuhudumia
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Coast/s, shore/s, beach/es
Pwani
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Wind/s, breeze
Upepo
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Sea/s
Bahari
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To get, to find, to obtain
Kupata
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Seafood
chakula kizuri cha baharini
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Right (side, hand)
Kulia - Turn right - pita kulia - Right hand side - mkono wa kulia
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Side, direction
Upande
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Left
Kushoto - Mkono wa kushoto - Left hand - Pita kushoto - Turn left - Upande wa kushoto - Left side
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Hill/s, mound/s
Kilima/vilima
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Left hand side
Upande wa mkono wa kushoto
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Right hand side
Upande wa mkono wa kulia
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Turn left/right
Pinda kulia/kushoto
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In front of
Mbele ya
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Behind ..
Nyuma ya ...
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To leave, to go away
Kuondoka
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Grassland, savannah
Mbuga
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Handbag/s
Mkoba

Swahili (22 decks)

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